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Korzenie myśli libertariańskiej
The roots of libertarian thought

Author(s): Hubert Staśkiewicz
Subject(s): Philosophy, Philosophical Traditions, Metaphysics, Epistemology, Special Branches of Philosophy, Existentialism, Analytic Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Hermeneutics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Szczecińskiego
Keywords: Anglo-Saxon philosophers; Austrian school of economics; Chicago school of economics; French laissez-faire; School of Salamanca

Summary/Abstract: In this article I discuss the roots of libertarian thought. First I draw a little-known late-scholastic philosophy of the Renaissance period. Then, the theoretical basis for the libertarian direction created: Anglo-Saxon philosophers the Age of Enlightenment and French anti-statists nineteenth century. A fundamental contribution to the popularization this philosophy played in turn: Austrian economics, which created such outstanding figures as Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises and Chicago school of economics under the direction of Milton Friedman.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 33
  • Page Range: 89-108
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Polish