Anioł Dowgird ( lt, Angelas Daugirdas, link=no; 1776–1835) was a

philosopher A philosopher is a person who practices or investigates philosophy. The term ''philosopher'' comes from the grc, φιλόσοφος, , translit=philosophos, meaning 'lover of wisdom'. The coining of the term has been attributed to the Greek th ...

Polish Enlightenment The ideas of the Age of Enlightenment in Poland were developed later than in Western Europe, as the Polish bourgeoisie was weaker, and szlachta (nobility) culture (Sarmatism) together with the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth political system (Gol ...

and Lithuanian Enlightenment. Dowgird studied in

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and

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schools, then joined the

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and took holy orders. Subsequently, he taught at Piarist schools and for a time was a professor of

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the science of deductively valid inferences or of logical truths. It is a formal science investigating how conclusions follow from premises ...

and

ethics Ethics or moral philosophy is a branch of philosophy that "involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong behavior".''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' The field of ethics, along with aesthetics, concerns m ...

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."Dowgird, Anioł," ''Wielka Ilustrowana Encyklopedia Powszechna'' (Great Illustrated Universal Encyclopedia), volume IV. Dowgird derived his views from

John Locke John Locke (; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism ...

empiricism In philosophy, empiricism is an epistemological theory that holds that knowledge or justification comes only or primarily from sensory experience. It is one of several views within epistemology, along with rationalism and skepticism. Empir ...

, the Scottish School of Common Sense,"Dowgird, Anioł," ''Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 1, p. 615. and

Immanuel Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and ...

's '' Critique of Pure Reason''. But, unlike Kant, he ascribed to time and space a real existence independent of man.

Works

*''O logice, metafizyce i filozofji moralnej'' (On Logic, Metaphysics and Moral Philosophy) *''Wykład przyrodzonych myślenia prawideł, czyli logika teoretyczna i praktyczna'' (A Treatise on the Natural Laws of Thought, or Theoretical and Practical Logic) *''Rezczywistość poznań ludzkich'' (The Reality of Human Experience) He also wrote several sermons and left a manuscript treatise on

Kant Immanuel Kant (, , ; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German Philosophy, philosopher and one of the central Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment thinkers. Born in Königsberg, Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemolo ...

's philosophy.

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1776 births 1835 deaths 19th-century Polish philosophers Belarusian philosophers Academic staff of Vilnius University 18th-century Polish–Lithuanian philosophers {{Poland-philosopher-stub

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