Tags: Philosopher.
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 especially his three-volume history Main Currents of Marxism (1976). In his later work Kolakowski increasingly focused on religious questions. In his 1986 Jefferson Lecture he asserted that We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed but to know who we are.”
