Wincentego Lutosławskiego jarstwo w praktyce – od doświadczeń osobistych do „programowej wstrzemięźliwości”
Wincenty Lutosławski’s vegetarianism in practice – from a personal experiences to a ‘programme of abstinence’

Summary/Abstract: The article presents Wincenty Lutoslawski (1863–1954), who, by his actions, contributed to the propagation of the ‘Lebensreform’ diet in Poland. His activities are painted against the background of a brief characterization of the structure of the Polish ‘Lebensreform’ movement. Lutosławski promoted the vegetarian diet, understood as a lifestyle subject to the rules of abstinence. The article reconstructs the sources from which the philosopher drew his knowledge on the subject of vegetarian food and discusses his views on the importance of a meatless diet not only for the preservation of physical health but, above all, for the spiritual development of man. It also shows how the philosopher propagated these recommendations in a programmatic way and how his followers gathered in the Eleusis Society applied these recommendations.

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