生于波兰的牛津哲学家莱谢克•柯拉柯夫斯基于7月17日去世，享年81岁。
Leszek Kolakowski, a Polish-born Oxford philosopher, died on July 17th, aged 81.
在这所为天赋异常之人量身打造的大学中，柯拉柯夫斯基如鱼得水：他可以不受打扰地读书、写作，偶尔也可谈话。
In a university tailor-made for gifted misfits, Mr Kolakowski was happy: he was left alone to read, write, and, less often, talk.
柯拉柯夫斯基对于牛津的分析哲学传统并未表现出多大的兴趣；与伟大的牛津哲学同辈以赛亚伯林一样，柯氏也没有构建起宏大的理念体系。
Mr Kolakowski showed little interest in the Oxford tradition of analytical philosophy; like his great Oxonian philosophical contemporary, Isaiah Berlin, he formulated no grand scheme of ideas.
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