Michał Wiszniewski
Introduction Michał Wiszniewski. Portrait by Rafał Hadziewicz''' 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.