Main Currents of Marxism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Main Currents of Marxism write by Leszek Kołakowski. This book was released on 2005. Main Currents of Marxism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The commanding study of Marxism, now in one masterful volume with a new preface and epilogue by the author.
Is God Happy?
Is God Happy? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Is God Happy? write by Leszek Kolakowski. This book was released on 2013-02-05. Is God Happy? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The late Leszek Kolakowski was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. A prominent anticommunist writer, Kolakowski was also a deeply humanistic thinker, and his meditations on society, religion, morality, and culture stand alongside his political writings as commentaries on intellectual—and everyday—life in the twentieth century. Kolakowski’s extraordinary empathy, humor, and erudition are on full display in Is God Happy?, the first collection of his work to be published since his death in 2009. Accessible and wide ranging, these essays—many of them translated into English for the first time—testify to the remarkable scope of Kolakowski’s work. From a provocative and deeply felt critique of Marxist ideology to the witty and self-effacing “In Praise of Unpunctuality” to a rigorous analysis of Erasmus’ model of Christianity and the future of religion, these essays distill Kolakowski’s lifelong engagement with the eternal problems of philosophy and some of the most vital questions of our age.
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?
Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? write by Leszek Kolakowski. This book was released on 2007-11-20. Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Do we have free will? How can we know anything? What is justice? Why is there evil in the world? What is the source of truth? Is it possible for God not to exist? Can we really believe what we see? These are some of the questions that have intrigued the world's greatest thinkers over the ages. They are questions that make us think about the way we live, work, relate to each other, and see the world. In elegant and accessible prose, the eminent philosopher Leszek Kolakowski explores the essence of these ideas and their ongoing relevance as he introduces us to the great figures of Western thought: from Socrates to St. Augustine, Descartes to Nietzsche, and beyond. Reflecting on the great issues that animate our lives -- good and evil, truth and beauty, faith and the soul, free will and consciousness -- Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing? offers a guided tour of Western philosophy by one of the world's greatest living experts.
Modernity on Endless Trial
Modernity on Endless Trial - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Modernity on Endless Trial write by Leszek Kolakowski. This book was released on 1997-06-23. Modernity on Endless Trial available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Leszek Kolakowski delves into some of the most intellectually vigorous questions of our time in this remarkable collection of essays garnished with his characteristic wit. Ten of the essays have never appeared before in English. "Exemplary. . . . It should be celebrated." —Arthur C. Danto, New York Times Book Review "This book . . . express[es] Kolakowski's thought on God, man, reason, history, moral truth and original sin, prompted by observation of the dramatic struggle among Christianity, the Enlightenment and modern totalitarianism. It is a wonderful collection of topics." —Thomas Nagel, Times Literary Supplement "No better antidote to bumper-sticker thinking exists than this collection of 24 'appeals for moderation in consistency,' and never has such an antidote been needed more than it is now." —Joseph Coates, Chicago Tribune "Whether learned or humorous, these essays offer gems in prose of diamond hardness, precision, and brilliance." —Thomas D'Evelyn, The Christian Science Monitor A "Notable Books of the Year 1991" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Noted with Pleasure" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Summer Reading 1991" selection, New York Times Book Review—a "Books of the Year" selection, The Times.
Metaphysical Horror
Metaphysical Horror - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Metaphysical Horror write by Leszek Kolakowski. This book was released on 2001-07. Metaphysical Horror available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan,' writes Leszek Kolakowski at the start of this endlessly stimulating book, 'must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading.' For over a century, philosophers have argued that philosophy is impossible or useless, or both. Although the basic agenda dates back tot he days of Socrates, there is still disagreement about the nature of truth, reality, knowledge, good and God. This may make little practical difference to our lives, but it leaves us with a feeling of radical uncertainty described by Kolakowski as 'metaphysical horror'. Is there any way out of this cul-de-sac? This trenchant analysis confronts these dilemmas head on. Philosophy may not provide definitive answers to the fundamental questions, yet the quest itself transforms our lives. It may undermine most of our certainties, yet it still leaves room for our spiritual yearnings and religious beliefs. Kolakowski has forged a dazzling demonstration of philosophy in action. It is up to readers to take up the challenge of his arguments.
