Is God Happy? Selected Essays
A Writing, Philosophy, Nonfiction book. Christian humanists were engaged in a vast enterprise to make the spiritual and intellectual riches of ancient culture available to...
'The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell' IndependentIn 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, reason and truth, and whether God is happy. Accessible and absorbing, the essays in Is God Happy? deal with some of the eternal problems of philosophy and the most vital questions of our age.Leszek Kolakowski has also written on religion, Spinoza, Bergson, Pascal and seventeenth-century thought. He left communist Poland after his expulsion from Warsaw University for anti-communist activities. From 1970 he was a fellow of...
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Egalitatea absolut poate fi stabilit numai ntr-un sistem de guvernare despotic, n care sunt presupuse privilegiile i tocmai egalitatea e distrus; libertatea total nseamn anarhie i anarhia conduce la dominaia celor mai puternici din punct de vedere fizic altfel spus, libertatea total se transform n opusul ei; eficiena, ca valoare suprem, cere iari despotism, iar despotismul este ineficient economic, dincolo de un anumit nivel de tehnologie. Repet aceste vechi truisme, fiindc ele par s treac neobservate n gndirea utopic; iat de ce nimic nu e mai uor pe... Fericirea este ceva ce ne putem nchipui, dar nu putem tri. Dac ne nchipuim c iadul i purgatoriul nu mai funcioneaz i c toate fiinele umane, fiecare dintre ele, fr nici o singur excepie, au fost mntuite de Dumnezeu i se bucur acum de extazul paradisiac, dac ne nchipuim c nimic nu le mai lipsete, c sunt perfect satisfcute, imune la durere sau la moarte, atunci ne putem nchipui c fericirea lor este real i c toate suprrile i suferinele trecutului au fost date uitrii. O asemenea condiie poate fi nchipuit, dar n-a fost vzut niciodat. Niciodat, de nimeni Leszek... Christian humanists were engaged in a vast enterprise to make the spiritual and intellectual riches of ancient culture available to the Christian world; they did so with no sense of unease or internal conflict, for they believed that paganism in other words, the forces of nature themselves, not yet sanctified by the blessings of incarnation could achieve splendid things in all areas of culture. Leszek Koakowski, Is God Happy?: Selected Essays //
Is God Happy? Selected Essays is an engaging collection of essays on philosophy, history, politics, theology and culture which are organised under three broad themes: the first on Socialism, Ideology and The Left, the second on Religion, God and the Problem of Evil and finally, Modernity, Truth, The Past and Some Other Things. Kolakowski... Since I read this on the heels of Koakowski's My Correct Views on Everything (2005), I got to skip about four-fifths of it. That's how much is reprinted from that previous collection. The remainder consists of eleven short essays, ten of which are newly translated into English. Of those eleven, none are particularly interesting. The... Title essay in NYRB:Is God Happy?December 20, 2012Leszek Koakowskihttp://www.nybooks.com/articles/archi...
