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God Owes Us Nothing: Brief Remarks on Pascal's Religion and on the Spirit of Jansenism by Leszek Kolakowski
Category: Mind Body Spirit
Leszek Kolakowski reflects on the centuries-long debate in Christianity: how to reconcile the existence of evil in the world with the goodness of an omnipotent God, and how God's omnipotence is compatible with people's responsibility for their own salvation or damnation. He approaches this paradox as bo ...Show more
Is God Happy?: Selected Essays by Leszek Kolakowski
Category: Culture
"The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell". ("Independent"). In these essays, one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century writes about communism and socialism, the problem of evil, Erasmus and the reform of the Church, ...Show more
Main Currents of Marxism by Leszek Kolakowski
Category: History
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, an ...Show more
Why is There Something Rather Than Nothing? Questions from Great Philosophers by Leszek Kolakowski
Category: Fiction
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 c ...Show more
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