Wincenty Lutosławski. O potrzebie powrotu do jego myśli oraz o konieczności edycji dzieł

Abstract

The author presents the state of research on the world-famous Polish philosopher, Neo-Messianist and historian of philosophy, who was the first to establish the chronology of Plato’s dialogues – Wincenty Lutosławski (1863–1954). The philosopher is still revered today as a historian of philosophy, and his findings on Plato’s writings have not been challenged by anyone. However, his own philosophical thought has fallen into obscurity. One of the reasons for this was that in his prolific output he drew on Romantic sources and moved from the position of a historian of philosophy to that of a columnist, mentor, Neo-Messianist prophet and simply writer. He was also an absolutely independent thinker, both from the dominant schools and philosophical fashions, and from Christianity, with which he conducted a difficult dialogue as a Catholic Heresiarch. As a result, his multilingual collected writings have not been published to this day. The author of this paper not only reiterates this postulate, but also calls for Lutosławski’s writings to be studied as literary texts with their own aesthetic dimension and genre form. A separate part of the article is a description of the academic conference in Białystok and Drozdowo entitled “Wincenty Lutosławski and Literature. Aesthetic connections – philosophy – reception”, held on October 11 and 12, 2019.