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PHILOSOPHER

Leszek Kołakowski

1927 - 2009

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Leszek Kołakowski (; Polish: [ˈlɛʂɛk kɔwaˈkɔfskʲi]; 23 October 1927 – 17 July 2009) was a Polish philosopher and historian of ideas. He is best known for his critical analyses of Marxist thought, such as in his three-volume history of Marxist philosophy Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work, Kołakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Leszek Kołakowski has received more than 452,701 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Leszek Kołakowski is the 418th most popular philosopher (down from 408th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Poland (down from 208th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Polish Philosopher.

Leszek Kołakowski is most famous for his work in the field of Marxism and for his criticism of the Soviet Union.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 418 out of 1,081Before him are Henri-Frédéric Amiel, Bernard of Chartres, Ernest Gellner, Vincent of Beauvais, Carl Gustav Hempel, and Ernesto Laclau. After him are Maine de Biran, Buddhaghosa, Peter Sloterdijk, Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, and Franciscus Patricius.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 61Before him are Sydney Brenner, John Vane, Harry Mulisch, Jacques Mayol, Maurice Ronet, and Raúl Alfonsín. After him are Romano Mussolini, F. Sherwood Rowland, Abdul Halim of Kedah, Tadeusz Mazowiecki, Margot Honecker, and Herbert Blomstedt. Among people deceased in 2009, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 38Before him are Günther Rall, João Bernardo Vieira, Norman Borlaug, Raúl Alfonsín, Ephraim Katzir, and Ertuğrul Osman. After him are Sergey Mikhalkov, Gaafar Nimeiry, Natasha Richardson, Toni Sailer, Pavel Popovich, and Patrick McGoohan.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 222 out of 1,454Before him are Ernst Toller (1893), Jerzy Skolimowski (1938), Muazzez Sultan (1628), Ferdinand Cohn (1828), Wacław Sierpiński (1882), and Emil Ludwig (1881). After him are Ernst Kummer (1810), Siegbert Tarrasch (1862), Agnieszka Holland (1948), Moritz Moszkowski (1854), Tadeusz Mazowiecki (1927), and Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In Poland

Among philosophers born in Poland, Leszek Kołakowski ranks 13Before him are Jakob Böhme (1575), Judah Loew ben Bezalel (1512), Alfred Tarski (1901), Günther Anders (1902), Paul Tillich (1886), and Heinrich Rickert (1863). After him are Chaïm Perelman (1912), Roman Ingarden (1893), Florian Znaniecki (1882), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Wolfhart Pannenberg (1928), and John Cantius (1390).