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  • Leszek Kolakowski

    His 1959 essay “The Priest and the Jester,” in which Kolakowski explored the roles of dogmatism and skepticism in intellectual history, brought him to national prominence in Poland. In the 1950s and ’60s he published a series of books on the history of Western philosophy and a study…

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    His 1959 essay “The Priest and the Jester,” in which Kolakowski explored the roles of dogmatism and skepticism in intellectual history, brought him to national prominence in Poland. In the 1950s and ’60s he published a series of books on the history of Western philosophy and a study…

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