The article makes a controversial attempt to find Thomistic threads in the philosophy of the Polish pre-romanticist and Schellingianist Józef Gołuchowski (1797–1858). From an idealistic perspective, his metaphysics is in no way compatible with Aquinas' thought. Therefore, it is surprising, considering that it is from metaphysics that Gołuchowski derives his entire system, that in ethical or socio-political issues, it is so consistent with Saint. Thomas Aquinas. The article first shows the controversy related to the above research, which is further intensified by the conflict at the level of idealistic and realistic systems. Gołuchowski's early and youthful education was presented in order to demonstrate possible contacts with Thomism as a way of shaping youth or as a possible element of education. Finally, five questions were identified, based on which the analysis of Thomistic threads in his thought began. These were: (1) are there real ethical principles? (2) Is society an organism or an aggregate of entities? (3) Is there hierarchy or egalitarianism in the social world? (4) Does tradition bind the authorities, the legislator, the member of society? (5) Does religion have its place in life?
The article is an attempt to internationalize research on the philosophy of Józef Gołuchowski by introducing a new discourse in reflections on this thinker. For many years, research has been conducted in Lithuania on the key figures and ideas of the Polish mind. Rūta Marija Vabalaitė, who has been writing about Gołuchowski since at least 2012, shows an interesting, comparative perspective in the analysis of his thought. This text reviews and analyzes two articles from her new series on the so-called early thought of the Vilnius professor. The controversial issues were sympathetically criticized so that they could become a pretext for a polemic on possible approaches to Garbarczyk's philosophy, including those regarding the continuity and systemic nature of his thought, the scale of his inspiration from Schelling, and the theoretical approaches within metaphysics that should be taken to honestly and sensibly talk about his social and political thought. It also shows, indirectly, new sources that change a lot in research on the understanding of Gołuchowski's philosophy as part of his fascination with Plato.
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