Michał Wiszniewski
Michał Wiszniewski (27 September 1794 – 22 December 1865) was a Polish philosopher, psychologist, and literary historian. Life Wiszniewski graduated from the celebrated Krzemieniec Lyceum (secondary school), where he subsequently taught for a time. 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. Wiszniewski was an epigone of the Polish Enlightenment, and at the same time a precursor of Positivism. He authored a pioneering book on Characters of Human Minds, which is regarded as the first Polish work in the field of psychology. 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 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. 1794 births 1865 deaths Jagiellonian University alumni 19th-century Polish philosophers Polish psychologists Polish literary historians