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.
Kolakowski a payé cher sa liberté de pensée. Moins de deux ans après son discours de Varsovie, il a été chassé de son poste d'enseignant et contraint à un exil qui allait durer 20 ans.