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Perfection and Goodness

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Thoughts on books of Kolakowski

I do not agree with Kolakowski when he concludes that

„.. perfection implies goodness is an arbitrary assumption”1

First of all, it would be necessary to think about what means really perfection. Kolakowski do this when he writes that

“To be perfect in the first sense seems to mean to achieve the highest possible degree in the given ladder of being …”2

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1 Leszek Kolakowski, Metaphysical Horror (Basil Blackwell, 1988), page 80

2 Pre-cited op, page 80

 

 

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