Michał Wiszniewski

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Michał Wiszniewski. Portrait by Rafał Hadziewicz

Michał Wiszniewski (1794–1865) was a Polish philosopher, psychologist, and literary historian.[1]

Life

Wiszniewski graduated from the celebrated Krzemieniec Lyceum (secondary school), where he subsequently taught for a time.[2]

In 1831 he became a professor at Kraków's Jagiellonian University. He was a conservative activist during the Kraków Uprising of 1846. In 1848 he emigrated to Italy.[3]

Wiszniewski was an epigone of the Polish Enlightenment, and at the same time a precursor of Positivism.[4]

He authored a pioneering book on Characters of Human Minds, which is regarded as the first Polish work in the field of psychology.[5]

Works

  • Bacona metoda tłumaczenia natury (Bacon's Method of Explaining Nature; 1834)
  • Charaktery rozumów ludzkich (Characters of Human Minds; 1837, English edition 1853 )
  • O rozumie ludzkim (On the Human Mind; 1848)
  • Historia literatury polskiej (A History of Polish Literature; vols. 1–10, 1840–57)

See also

  • History of philosophy in Poland
  • List of Poles

Notes

  1. ↑ "Wiszniewski, Michał," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, p. 660.
  2. ↑ Information from the Polish Wikipedia article on "Michał Wiszniewski", 17 April 2009, 13:51, edition.
  3. ↑ "Wiszniewski, Michał," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, p. 660.
  4. ↑ "Wiszniewski, Michał," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 4, p. 660.
  5. ↑ Information from the Polish Wikipedia article on "Michał Wiszniewski", 17 April 2009, 13:51, edition.

References

  • "Wiszniewski, Michał," Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), Warsaw, Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe, vol. 4, 1976, p. 660.
  • Polaczkówna, M., "Michał Wiszniewski, 1830-1848," Rocznik krakowski, vol. 12, 1910.
  • Kadler, A., "Działaność filozoficzna Michała Wiszniewskiego," Charisteria: Rozprawy filozoficzne, 1960.
  • Bańka, J., Poglądy filozoficzno-społeczne Michała Wiszniewskiego, 1967.
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