This text responds to K. Žádný’s essay 'Emanuel Rádl – Our Contemporary,' refuting claims of a supposed rift between Emanuel Rádl and T. G. Masaryk following the establishment of Czechoslovakia. The author rejects the suggestion that Masaryk was responsible for Rádl not being appointed to the Faculty of Arts during the university's division. He explains that this decision fell under academic autonomy, specifically citing the opposition of František Krejčí, who favored the positivist line. The study further analyzes the deep intellectual bond between the two thinkers, arguing that Rádl was the true successor to Masaryk’s legacy precisely because he critically developed and corrected Masaryk's ideas where others remained at the level of superficial worship. The author criticizes Žádný’s reliance on external factors, such as Rádl’s absence from the 'Fridayists' or the lack of Masaryk’s name in Rádl's final work, and calls for a focus on essential philosophical relationships rather than 'philosophical gossip'.