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The paper reconstructs the polemic between Ludwik Królikowski and Jan Czyński unfolding in the magazine ‘Polska Chrystusowa’. Both authors elaborated concepts of the change of reality – Królikowski propounded the Association (Zjednoczenie), Czyński – the Commune (Gmina). The Association was in fact a form of a Christian ultimate system, which required a total break up with actual reality. The Association was also marked by their hostile attitude towards the ‘pagan’ milieu. On the other hand, the Commune was a Polish version of Fourier’s Phalanstery – a project of an autonomic cooperative that was supposed to work towards the improvement of the social and living standards of its members. Several threads from this polemic were continued in a subsequent refl ection, having set the direction of the transformations and development of Polish socialist thought.