1.0Praemium Erasmianum Foundationhttps://erasmusprijs.org/en/Lauren Maxwellhttps://erasmusprijs.org/en/author/lauren-maxwell/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="F60cB4imYF"><a href="https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/leszek-kolakowski/">Leszek Kolakowski</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://erasmusprijs.org/en/laureates/leszek-kolakowski/embed/#?secret=F60cB4imYF" width="600" height="338" title="“Leszek Kolakowski” — Praemium Erasmianum Foundation" data-secret="F60cB4imYF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://erasmusprijs.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://erasmusprijs.org/wp-content/uploads/1983-Leszek-Kolakowski-Erasmusprijs.jpg354413To mark the 25th anniversary of the Praemium Erasmianum Foundation in 1983, four Erasmus Prizes were awarded. The recipients were Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Leszek Kolakowski and Marguerite Yourcenar. The Polish philosopher and historian of ideas Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) expressed in his work great criticism of social utopias, which mostly degenerate into totalitarian thinking. He […]