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One can accept life, and accept it, at the same time, as a defeat only if one accepts that there is a sense beyond that which is inherent in human history--if, in other words, one accepts the order of the sacred. #LeszekKolakowski

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One can accept life, and accept it, at the same time, as a defeat only if one accepts that there is a sense beyond that which is inherent in human history--if, in other words, one accepts the order of the sacred. #LeszekKolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Aug 30, 2022
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"One can, of course, disperse one's life over the contingencies of every day, but even then it is only a ceaseless and desperate desire to live, and finally a regret that one has not lived." Leszek Kolakowski

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"One can, of course, disperse one's life over the contingencies of every day, but even then it is only a ceaseless and desperate desire to live, and finally a regret that one has not lived." Leszek Kolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 31, 2022
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"Religion is man's way of accepting life as an inevitable defeat. That it is not an inevitable defeat is a claim that cannot be defended in good faith." Leszek Kolakowski

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"Religion is man's way of accepting life as an inevitable defeat. That it is not an inevitable defeat is a claim that cannot be defended in good faith." Leszek Kolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jul 11, 2022
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"A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading." Leszek Kolakowski

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"A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading." Leszek Kolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Jun 23, 2022
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"We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are." Leszek Kolakowski

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"We learn history not in order to know how to behave or how to succeed, but to know who we are." Leszek Kolakowski — English Quotes (@english_quotes) May 17, 2022
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