Wątki tomistyczne w filozofii Józefa Gołuchowskiego
Thomistic Threads in the Philosophy of Joseph Goluchowski

Summary/Abstract: The article makes a controversial attempt to find Thomistic threads in the philosophy of the Polish pre-romanticist and Schellingianist Józef Gołuchowski (1797–1858). From an idealistic perspective, his metaphysics is in no way compatible with Aquinas’ thought. Therefore, it is surprising, considering that it is from metaphysics that Gołuchowski derives his entire system, that in ethical or socio-political issues, it is so consistent with Saint. Thomas Aquinas. The article first shows the controversy related to the above research, which is further intensified by the conflict at the level of idealistic and realistic systems. Gołuchowski’s early and youthful education was presented in order to demonstrate possible contacts with Thomism as a way of shaping youth or as a possible element of education. Finally, five questions were identified, based on which the analysis of Thomistic threads in his thought began. These were: (1) are there real ethical principles? (2) Is society an organism or an aggregate of entities? (3) Is there hierarchy or egalitarianism in the social world? (4) Does tradition bind the authorities, the legislator, the member of society? (5) Does religion have its place in life?

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