Quote of the day
What we observe is not nature itself but nature exposed to our method of questioning. Our scientific work in physics consists in asking questions about nature in the language that we possess and trying to get an answer from experiment by the means that are at our disposal.
Leszek Kołakowski
Born: October 23, 1927
Died: July 17, 2009 (aged 81)
Bio: Leszek Kołakowski 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.
Known for:
- Modernity on Endless Trial (1990)
- Is God Happy?: Selected Essays
- Metaphysical Horror (1988)
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