Is it possible to despise nobly?

By Karolina Wigura

Editor's Note: A few weeks ago Poland held elections in a highly polarised atmosphere. This piece from our partner Kultura Liberalna reflects on the role of contempt in politics. In it, Karolina Wigura, one of the country's leading liberal democratic thinkers, quotes ancient Greek philosophers to shed light on behaviour that obviously exists beyond Poland also. (This piece is in Polish but can be accessed in English using automatic Google translation -which works well in a Chrome browser).