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The political thought of Stanisław Herakliusz Lubomirski (1642–1702) has hitherto been viewed from the perspective of the ideas of the Enlightenment era as contained in the treaty On the Efficient Advice written by Stanisław Konarski, the treaty being the reply to the 17th century dialogue On the Inefficiency of Advice written by Polish Salomon. The hitherto accepted interpretation of Lubomirski’s thought, despite being strongly solidified, seems to be false. Lubomirski was the author who, while adopting the Catholic perspective of the description of human being, simultaneously emphasized the complexity of social and political area within which the man was naturally active. It was exactly due to the complicated nature of human community that creating everything in an universal way proved impossible. What was possible was the understanding of the existing order, its analysis and, eventually, the selection of the right path by the specific individual who was planning to reach the desired political goal.