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1	Modernity on Endless Trial more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Agniezka Kolakowska (Translator), Wolfgang Freis (Translator) add to wishlist 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] ... see all copies from $9.54! new only from $23.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Why Is There Something Rather Than Nothing?: 23 Questions from Great Philosophers more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Agnieszka Kolakowska (Translator) add to wishlist Can nature make us happy? 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? There are questions that have intrigued the world's great thinkers over the ages, which still touch a chord in all of us today. They are questions ... see all copies from $6.70! new only from $6.88! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Main Currents of Marxism: The Founders, the Golden Age, the Breakdown more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist From philosopher Leszek Kolakowski, one of the giants of twentieth-century intellectual history, comes this highly influential study of Marxism. Written in exile, this "prophetic work" presents, according to the Library of Congress, "the most lucid and comprehensive history of the origins, structure, and posthumous development of the system of ... see all copies from $14.32! new only from $18.22! \| SVS
4	Religion : if there is no God - : on God, the Devil, sin and other worries of the so-called philosophy of religion more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist Leszek Kolakowski discusses, in a highly original way, the arguments for and against the existence of God as they have been conducted through the ages. He examines the critiques of religious belief, from the Epicureans through Nietzsche to contemporary anthropological inquiry, the assumptions that underlie them, and the counter-arguments of such ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.50! \| first editions
5	Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia and the Key to Heaven more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Leszek Koakowski, Agnieszka Kolakowska (Translator) add to wishlist This volume contains two unusual and appealing satirical works by the well-known European philosopher Kolakowski. The first, Tales from the Kingdom of Lailonia, is set in a fictional land. Each story illustrates some aspect of human inability to come to terms with imperfection, infinitude, history, and nature. The second, The Key to Heaven, is a ... see all copies from $9.35! new only from $26.39! \| first editions \| SVS
6	God Owes Us Nothing: A Brief Remark on Pascal's Religion and on the Spirit of Jansenism more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist Kolakowski presents a new interpretation of a centuries-long debate in Christianity: how to reconcile the existence of evil in the world with the goodness of an omnipotent God. He approaches this paradox as an exercise in theology as well as in revisionist Christian history based on philosophical analysis. He argues that the teachings of Jansenius ... see all copies from $11.93! new only from $11.93! \| SVS
7	Toward a Marxist humanism; essays on the Left today. more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $2.97! first editions
8	Freedom, fame, lying and betrayal : essays on everyday life more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist Polish philosopher Leszek Kolakowski is renowned worldwide for wrestling with serious philosophical conundrums with dazzling elegance. In this new book, he turns his characteristic wit to important themes of ordinary life, from the need for freedom to the wheel of fortune, from the nature of God to the ambiguities of betrayal. Extremely lucid ... see all copies from $21.62! new only from $33.82! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Presence of Myth more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Adam Czerniawski (Translator), Leszek Koakowski add to wishlist With this text, Leszek Kolakowski demonstrates that no matter how hard man strives for purely rational thought, there has always been - and always will be - a resevoir of mythical images that lend "being" and "consciousness" a specifically human meaning. see all copies from $9.99! new only from $12.65! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Der Mensch Ohne Alternative. Von Der Möglichkeit Und Unmöglichkeit, Marxist Zu Sein add to wishlist see all copies from $18.05!
11	Metaphysical Horror more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Agnieszka Kolakowska add to wishlist For over a century, philosophers have argued that philosophy is impossible or useless, or both. Although the basic notion dates back to the days of Socrates, there is still heated disagreement about the nature of truth, reality, knowledge, the good, and God. This leaves us with a feeling of radical uncertainty, a feeling described by Kolakowski as ... see all copies from $6.95! new only from $11.93! \| first editions \| SVS
12	Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution Volume 2: The Golden Age more books like this by Leszek Kolalowski, Leszek Kolakowski, P S Falla (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
13	The Birch Grove Other Stories: Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz (1894-1980) more books like this by Jarosaw Iwaszkiewicz, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Translator), Leszek Kolakowski (Introduction by) add to wishlist Iwaszkiewicz's work is familiar to every Polish reader, yet remains unknown to the outside world. These stories were all written in the 1930s, and provide an extraordinary evocation of Poland's first brief era of independence between the wars. They are also timeless sonatas of love and loss. see all copies from $16.65! new only from $16.65!
14	Neutrality and Impartiality: The University and Political Commitment more books like this by Alan Montefiore (Editor), Andrew W M Graham, Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $18.05! first editions
15	Main Currents Marxism V1 Founders more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Leszek Koakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $22.80! first editions \| SVS
16	Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution Volume 1: The Founders more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, P S Falla (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $11.45!
17	Main Currents of Marxism: Its Rise, Growth and Dissolution Volume 3: The Breakdown more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, P S Falla (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $12.75! new only from $90.00!
18	Marxism and beyond : on historical understanding and individual responsibility more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Jane Zielonko Peel add to wishlist see all copies from $12.06!
19 view cover	The Two Eyes of Spinoza: And Other Essays on Philosophers more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Zbigniew Janowski (Editor), Agnieszka Kolakowska (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $23.02! new only from $23.02! \| SVS
20	Bergson more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski, Leszek Koakowski add to wishlist Henri Bergson was born the year that Darwin published On the Origin of Species. The significance of this and other works on the theory of evolution in the development of Bergson's philosophy became clear when he published Creative Evolution and established himself as one of Europe's most influential thinkers. Kolakowski shows how Bergson sought to ... see all copies from $10.86!
21	The alienation of reason; a history of positivist thought. more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $18.50! first editions
22	Die Hauptströmungen des Marxismus : Entstehung, Entwicklung, Zerfall more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $23.50!
23	Religion, if there is no God more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist Discusses the arguments for and against the existence of God, rigorously examining the logical grounds of every major creed of belief or disbelief. Atheist thought is shown to be as susceptible to critique as straightforward religious faith. see all copies from $18.31!
24	The devil and scripture more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $22.87! first editions
25	Czy diabel moze by zbawiony i 27 innych kaza more books like this by Leszek Kolakowski add to wishlist see all copies from $20.79!

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