Franciszek Salezy Krupiński (January 22, 1836, Łukowie near
Siedlce
Siedlce () ( ) is a city in the Masovian Voivodeship in eastern Poland with 77,354 inhabitants ().
The city is situated between two small rivers, the Muchawka and the Helenka, and lies along the European route E30, around east of Warsaw. It is ...
– August 16, 1898,
Warsaw
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) was a Polish
philosopher
Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...
.
["Krupiński, Franciszek," ''Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia), vol. 2, p. 612.]
Life
Krupiński was an early representative of
Polish Positivism
Polish Positivism ( ) was a social, literary and philosophical movement that became dominant in late-19th-century partitioned Poland following Romanticism in Poland and the suppression of the January 1863 Uprising against the Russian Empire. The ...
. He preached "organic work" and (though himself a
Catholic priest
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) fought against
Catholic
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and
Romantic philosophy.
Works
*''Filozofia w Polsce'' (Philosophy in Poland; 1863)
*''Szkoła pozytywna'' (The Positive School; 1868)
*''Romantyzm i jego skutki'' (
Romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century. The purpose of the movement was to advocate for the importance of subjec ...
and Its Consequences; 1876)
*''Nasza historiozofia'' (Our Philosophy of History; 1876).
See also
*
History of philosophy in Poland
The history of philosophy in Poland parallels the evolution of philosophy in Europe in general.
Overview
Polish philosophy drew upon the broader currents of European philosophy, and in turn contributed to their growth. Some of the most momentous ...
*
List of Poles
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Physics
*Miedziak Antal
* Czesław Białobrzesk ...
Notes
References
*"Krupiński, Franciszek," ''Encyklopedia Powszechna PWN'' (PWN Universal Encyclopedia),
Warsaw
Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
,
Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe
Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN (''Polish Scientific Publishers PWN''; until 1991 ''Państwowe Wydawnictwo Naukowe'' - ''National Scientific Publishers PWN'', PWN) is a Polish book publisher, founded in 1951, when it split from the Wydawnictwa Szkolne i ...
, vol. 2, 1974, p. 612.
1836 births
1898 deaths
People from Congress Poland
Philosophers from the Russian Empire
19th-century Polish philosophers
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