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„Diabeł w swojej postaci” Jana Bohomolca. Obrazy kultur pozaeuropejskich i współczesna paralela

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Kowalewska D.
Prace Polonistyczne
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2013
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vol. 68
43-61
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The author of the paper attempts to present the other side of Jan Bohomolec’s (1772–1777) text — Diabeł w swojej postaci (Devil As It Is), which has already been an object of research reflection. The paper describes images of other cultures included in Bohomolec’s dissertation and contemporary phenomena which seem to be parallel to the phenomena described by the Jesuit. The Author has noticed that the examples of magic activities in Bohomolec’s book are subordinated to educational value of the dissertation. Exemplification from non-European countries illustrates a thought that similar or identical behaviours are common in many cultures and places. They also bear out that superstitions are an across-theboard phenomenon. In the second part of the paper, the Author focuses on contemporary cultural trends in the context of popularity of magic. She considers timeliness and anachronism of some of the Bohomolec’s approaches and his wrong prognosis.
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Sposoby widzenia. Optyka w służbie oświeceniowego racjonalisty

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Kowalewska D.
Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
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2014
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issue 20
29-40
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“Seeing is to some extent an art to be learned” (William Herschel). Thanks to the new optical tools human perceptual capabilities greatly increased. Cognitive standards have also changed. “The magical glasses” began to modify the image of reality, so the science could deal with objects that had never seen before. The use of a telescope to study celestial bodies caused that universe gained an extra dimension that had to be tamed and explained. My text refers to the impact that the development of optics has on perception of the world in the Age of Lights. I try to show when and how optical devices, assisting the reason in explaining and rationalizing supernatural phenomena, allowed people in the Enlightenment – in literal and figurative sense – to see through, eventually becoming an attribute of the rationalist from this period. The analysis is focused on selected literary and “utility” texts (Jan Bohomolec ’s "Diabeł w swojej postaci"), in which popular instruments (the microscope) and optical phenomena (such as an optical illusion) in the eighteenth century appear.
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