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Władysław Witwicki

Władysław Witwicki (30 April 1878,[1] Lubaczów – 21 December 1948,[2] Konstancin)[3] was a Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator, historian (of philosophy and art) and artist. Seen as one of the fathers of psychology in Poland. He studied at the University of Lwów and became a professor at the University of Warsaw (1919–1948).[4]

Witwicki is the author of the first Polish textbooks on psychology,[5] the creator of the theory of cratism,[6][7] theory of feelings,[8][9] and he dealt with the issues of the psychology of religion,[10] and the creation of secular ethics[11]. He is one of the thinkers associated with the Lwów–Warsaw school.[12]

Władysław Witwicki was the fifth child of Urszula Witwicka, born Woińska (niece of the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Lviv, Łukasz Baraniecki), and Ludwik–Filip Wasylkowicz Witwicki,[13] as well as father of Janusz Witwicki, the creators of the Plastic Panorama of Old Lviv.[14]

Notable works

  • Translations of Plato's dialogues
  • Psychologia do użytku słuchaczów wyższych szkół naukowych, vol. 1–2 (1925–1927)
  • Wiara oświeconych, 1959 (fr.: La foi des éclairés, 1939)
  • Przechadzki ateńskie (a series of radio programs, 1939, issued in 1947)
  • Translations of the Gospel of Matthew and the Gospel of Mark with psychological analysis[15] (Dobra Nowina według Mateusza i Marka [pl], written in 1942, issued in 1958)

See also

References

  1. ^ Nowicki (1982), p. 117.
  2. ^ Nowicki (1982), p. 120.
  3. ^ Chodakiewicz, Radzilowski & Tolczyk (2009), p. 174.
  4. ^ Nowicki (1982), pp. 13–23.
  5. ^ Rzepa (1991), p. 120.
  6. ^ Rzepa (1991), pp. 68–81.
  7. ^ Citlak (2015), pp. 155–184.
  8. ^ Rzepa (1992), pp. 215–216.
  9. ^ Nowicki (1982), pp. 73–74.
  10. ^ Nowicki (1982), pp. 79–90.
  11. ^ Nowicki (1982), p. 91.
  12. ^ Rzepa (1991), pp. 16–17.
  13. ^ Rzepa (1991), p. 233.
  14. ^ Rzepa (1991), p. 234.
  15. ^ Szmyd (1996), p. 196.

Sources

  • Chodakiewicz, Marek Jan; Radzilowski, John; Tolczyk, Dariusz, eds. (2009). Poland's Transformation: A Work in Progress. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4128-3096-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Citlak, Amadeusz (2015). "Psychobiography of Jesus Christ in view of Władysław Witwicki's theory of cratism". Journal for Perspectives of Economic Political and Social Integration. 21 (1–2). Scientific Society KUL. doi:10.2478/pepsi-2015-0007. ISSN 2300-0945. OCLC 998362074. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Nowicki, Andrzej (1982). Witwicki (in Polish). Warszawa: Wiedza Powszechna. p. 117. ISBN 83-214-0301-8. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Rzepa, Teresa (1991). Psychologia Władysława Witwickiego [Psychology of Władysław Witwicki] (in Polish). Poznań: Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM. ISBN 83-232-0332-6. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Rzepa, Teresa (1992). "Witwicki Władysław". In Kosnarewicz, Elwira; Rzepa, Teresa; Stachowski, Ryszard; et al. (eds.). Słownik psychologów polskich [Dictionary of Polish psychologists] (in Polish). Poznań: Instytut Psychologii UAM. pp. 214–218. OCLC 834052536. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Szmyd, Jan (1996). Psychologiczny obraz religijności i mistyki: z badań psychologów polskich [Psychological picture of religiousness and mysticism: from the research of the Polish psychologists] (in Polish). Kraków: Wydawn. Naukowe WSP. p. 196. ISBN 978-8-3868-4154-7. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

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