Ludwik Trynkowski (born 1805, d. 1849 in

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) was a Polish Roman Catholic priest and religious writer. He studied at Vilnius University. He was accused of connections with

Szymon Konarski Szymon Konarski (1808–1839) was a 19th-century Polish- Lithuanian radical democratic politician and revolutionary, one of the leaders of the November Uprising of 1831. As a politician, he supported the radical idea of social and economic ...

, detained by the czarist authorities and deported to

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. He died, suffering from

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. He was the author of articles about philosophy (''Widnokrąg naukowy. Rzut oka na filozoficzność współczesną'', "Piśmiennictwo Krajowe", 1841, nr 15-16; ''Wpływ filozofii współczesnej na literaturę w ogólności'', "Przegląd Naukowy", 1842, nr 3). Trynkowski postulated a creation of Polish Christian philosophy.

References

* ''Filozofia w Polsce. Słownik pisarzy'', Zakład Narodowy imienia Ossolińskich, Wydawnictwo Polskiej Akademii Nauk, Wrocław 1971 {{DEFAULTSORT:Trynkowski, Ludwik 1805 births 1849 deaths 19th-century Polish Roman Catholic priests Polish male writers Vilnius University alumni