"W twarde więzienie wsadzono mi duszę". Wyobcowanie duszy w ciele w literaturze baroku
“In strict-regime prison my soul was placed”. Alienation of a soul in a body in Baroque literature

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the concept of alienation of a soul in a body present in the literature of Polish Baroque. The sources discussed in the article include: emblematic works, religious poetry, essays, scientific and religious treaties, popular compendia of knowledge. The article covers the following issues: 1) the imagery of a soul trapped in a body as presented in religious poetry; 2) the concepts of alienation of a soul in a body inspired by Cartesian philosophy; 3) the rejection of the dualism of body and soul in the Baroque trend of Aristotelian and Thomistic anthropology

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