Ryszard Legutko
Ryszard Legutko is a politician and professor of philosophy at Jagellonian University in Krakow. He has translated and written commentaries on Plato's works, and has written on Socrates and liberal democracies as well.
He is currently a Member of the European Parliament, Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of European Conservatives and Reformists, and a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. He has also served as Poland's Minister of National Education.
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