Kołakowski zaplatil za svobodné myšlení vysokou cenu – necelé dva roky po projevu ve Varšavě byl zbaven místa na univerzitě a vyhnán do exilu, který nakonec trval přes 20 let.
Kolakowski paid dearly for his free thinking – less than two years after his speech in Warsaw, he was deprived of his teaching position and forced into an exile that would last for over 20 years.