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"Several dozen percent of our vocabulary consists of foreign words that have been Polonized in this way. There has been an influx from Czech, Hungarian, French, German, Turkish... Language reflects our position — we are a mixture, which I consider a virtue." Conversation by Katarzyna Kubisiowska Katarzyna Kubisiowska: Do
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Only a properly tuned lyre produces pure sounds, and only a well-tensioned bow allows an accurate shot. The rebel guards against both the "yes" in which no voice of reason can be heard, and the shrieking "no" that changes the world without any principles. By
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In his book We Three: The Endeavour to Go Beyond, Geoffroy de Lagasnerie proposes a new, revolutionary dimension of friendship that could lead to liberation from the rules of social life. By Radosław Kobierski This is the first translation of the French sociologist and philosopher's work into Polish.
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Her podcast is breaking records. Freud's great-granddaughter is reminding a busy world what it truly means to listen to someone. By Beata Chomątowska It always begins the same way. A doorbell. The hostess, sitting in a leather armchair with a notebook in hand, calls out: "Come
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Forgotten by his own era and rediscovered only decades later, he speaks to us with tremendous force. Rome has just opened an exhibition of Caravaggio's religious paintings — the ones in which the saints have dirt under their fingernails. By Grzegorz Jankowicz A few years ago I visited the
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In Spain, the knife grinder's whistle is heard less and less on the streets. The last itinerant craftsmen are fighting to keep an ancient trade alive. By Agnieszka Zielińska Mario recalls that his uncles used to roam the streets of Madrid always accompanied by their trusty mule. Back
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The whole chess world is begging Carlsen, the maverick and perhaps the most inspiring contemporary athlete: King Magnus, come back! By Rafał Stec He hasn't really left at all. The fascinating paradox is that the Norwegian champion abdicated, yet retained his power — and in many respects has even
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The best prayer is prayer in silence. The best literature, too, comes into being when silence enters your writing, says the Norwegian writer. Interview by Wojciech Bonowicz Wojciech Bonowicz: What time do you usually wake up? Jon Fosse: When I was a teenager, I slept as long as I possibly