WSPÓŁCZESNOŚĆ A TRADYCJA: MACIEJ KAZIMIERZ SARBIEWSKI, LEOPOLD STAFF, ZBIGNIEW HERBERT, CZYLI DYSKUSJA ZE STOICYZMEM
CONTEMPORANEITY AND TRADITION: MATTHIAS CASIMIRUS SARBIEVIUS, LEOPOLD STAFF AND ZBIGNIEW HERBERT. A DISCUSSION WITH STOICISM

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article analyses connections between M.K. Sarbievius, L. Staff, Z. Herbert and the neostoic tradition. In the author’s opinion, the poems of these authors are in the position of a dialogue with Marcus Aurelius philosophy. The rhetorical analysis shows the fundamental ideas of this poem (Latin: Fatum, Fortuna, Mens) and their association with the principle: discors concordia. At the end of the article, the author confronts the poem by M.K. Sarbievius (Lir., III.6), his English translation by G. Hils and the poems by Leopold Staff (Marcus Aurelius speaks), and Zbigniew Herbert (To Marcus Aurelius). The thesis of the article is: only Lir., III.6 by M.K. Sarbievius is a manifestation of the discussion, from the Christian point of view, with the neostoic tradition.

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