Adam Ignacy Zabellewicz (1784–1831) was a professor of

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Zabellewicz was professor of philosophy at

from 1818 to 1823. Zabellewicz was one of nearly all the university professors of philosophy in Poland before the November 1830–31 Uprising who held a position that shunned both

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and

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speculation, affined to the

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but linked in certain respects to

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ian critique.

Władysław Tatarkiewicz Władysław Tatarkiewicz (; 3 April 1886, Warsaw – 4 April 1980, Warsaw) was a Polish philosopher, historian of philosophy, historian of art, esthetician, and ethicist. Early life and education Tatarkiewicz began his higher education at War ...

, ''Zarys...'', p. 16–17.

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, ''Zarys dziejów filozofii w Polsce'' (A Brief History of Philosophy in Poland), n the series:Historia nauki polskiej w monografiach (History of Polish Learning in Monographs), olumeXXXII,

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, Polska Akademia Umiejętności (

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), 1948. This monograph draws from pertinent sections in earlier editions of the author's ''Historia filozofii'' (History of Philosophy). 1784 births 1831 deaths 19th-century Polish philosophers {{Poland-philosopher-stub

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