Wspomnienie o doktorze Leonie Cyboranie, najwybitniejszym polskim znawcy filozofii indyjskiej

• Authors: Teuchmann Romuald

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A Remembrance on Leon Cyboran, the Polish Expert of Indian Philosophy

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

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Leon Cyboran (30 August 1928 - 6 June 1977) was the greatest Polish expert in Indian Philosophy. As an independent thinker, he was marred by the communist government, which disrupted his life. This was confirmed by the IPN ( the Institute of National Remembrance – Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes against the Polish Nation ). In 1971 he was conferred doctor's degree in philosophy ( Ph.D ) at Warsaw University. He taught Indian philosophy at ATK (currently Cardinal Stefan Wyszynsky University in Warsaw) and Catholic University of Lublin (KUL). In June of 1975 he turned to the Second World Sanskrit Conference in Turin presenting his article entitled : "Philosophical Sanskrit," in which he described a successful experiment of introducing regular lectures on Indian philosophy and Sanskrit learning on Faculties of Philosophy in Poland. He postulated to break the existing Eurocentric philosophy. To expand the knowledge and horizons in science and cultivated philosophy, he suggested introducing similar regular classes on Philosophy Faculty at other Western universities. He was invited to deliver lectures by universities in India and Israel. He worked on Yogasutras and Bhashya intending to obtain habilitation in autumn of 1977. Unfortunately this could not happen. His habilitation work was later published by PWN in Warsaw. He created a unique philosophical system called Aharama explaining the path of spiritual development.

Keywords

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Indian philosophy; break Eurocentric philosophy; Leon Cyboran; work on Yogasutras in sanskrit; meeting of East and West in philosophy

• Publisher: University of Warsaw, Institute of Philosophy
• Journal: Edukacja Filozoficzna
• Year: 2016
• Issue: 62
• Pages: 77-84

Contributors

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Teuchmann Romuald