Leszek Kolakowski Quotes on Truth
Leszek Kolakowski was a Polish philosopher and the most influential critic of Marxism from within the Marxist tradition. This page collects quotes attributed to Leszek Kolakowski on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Leszek Kolakowski:
“Marxism is the greatest fantasy of the twentieth century.”
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Attributed to Leszek Kolakowski:
“Religion remains one of the most fundamental of human cultures.”
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Attributed to Leszek Kolakowski:
“Modernity is the culture of permanent self-criticism.”
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“Totalitarianism and the Virtue of the Lie", as quoted in Is God Happy? Selected Essays (2013), Basic Books, p. 57”
The destructive work of totalitarian machinery, whether or not this word is used, is usually supported by a special kind of primitive social philosophy. It proclaims not only that the common good of ' society ' has priority over the interests of individuals, but that the very existence of individuals as persons is reducible to the existence of the social 'whole'; in other words, personal existence