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When Georg Lukács died in 1971, Academician L. Matrai wrote in his memory that one of the brightest stars in contemporary European culture had disappeared from the firmament, and that only the future could tell what would be lasting in Lukács’ thought. Matrai wrote that we lacked historical perspective for a judgement as to which of Lukács’ works are classics — which belong to the summit of his creativity and which belong to the base of this summit. It was too early to define his role in the international workers movement and in the history of European philosophy. There are too many myths surrounding him -both from friends and enemies — as is the case with most important personalities. (Kortars, 1971, 8, 1179–880).
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Hevesi, M. (1988). Lukács in the Eyes of Western Philosophy Today. In: Rockmore, T. (eds) Lukács Today. Sovietica, vol 51. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2897-8_4
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