Christian personality as the driving force behind the development of history. Thomas Carlyle‘s historiosophical proposals and the crowd psychology supporters in Father Franciszek Sawicki‘s view Cover Image

Osobowość chrześcijańska jako motor rozwoju dziejów. Ks. Franciszek Sawicki wobec historiozoficznych propozycji Thomasa Carlyle’a i zwolenników supremacji tłumu
Christian personality as the driving force behind the development of history. Thomas Carlyle‘s historiosophical proposals and the crowd psychology supporters in Father Franciszek Sawicki‘s view

Author(s): Jarosław Babiński
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Philosophy, Cultural history, History of Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Theology and Religion
Published by: Wyższe Seminarium Duchowne Diecezji Elbląskiej w Elblągu
Keywords: Christian personality; Christian personalism; Franciszek Sawicki; Collectivism; Individualism

Summary/Abstract: Undoubtedly, a veneration of the saints is essential for the life of the Church – inspiring the faithful to live a righteous life and making them aware of a given opportunities to turn their talents for the life of the Church. One of the most important Pomeranian thinkers of the interwar period, Father Franciszek Sawicki (1877 – 1952), understands holiness as constantly updating process of shaping human personality in the spirit of Christian axiology. Christian personality is the most important driving force behind the shaping and development of history. He considers Christian values as the factors affecting the development of human personality in such a way that they have a considerable impact on the development of human culture and the history of civilization. Thus, his personalistic, Christian vision turns into discussion between the extremely individualistic conception of Thomas Carlyle, Max Stirner and Gustave Le Bon, Karl Marx and José Ortega y Gasset, proponents of collectivism.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 489-499
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish