- Józef Tischner
Józef Stanisław Tischner (
March 12 ,1931 –June 28 ,2000 ) was an eminent Polishpriest andphilosopher . The first chaplain of thetrade union , "Solidarity " (Polish "Solidarność"), he was an exceptional moral authority and one of the most admired figures in Poland, both during and after the anti-communist uprising.Tischner was born in
Stary Sącz to aGorals family and grew up in the village Łopuszna in the south east of Poland. He studied atJagiellonian University inKraków . In the 1970s he became an important writer of the opposition movement against thecommunist dictatorship of thePeople's Republic of Poland . In 1980s he was considered the semi-official chaplain of the Solidarity movement, and was praised byPope John Paul II .After the fall of the communists in 1989, he continued preaching the importance of
ethics in the new capitalistic Poland. In September 1999, Tischner received theOrder of the White Eagle , Poland's highest decoration.He died in
Kraków onJune 28 ,2000 .Publications
Tischner wrote and published more than 600 articles and books.
His two main works, in which he explained his original philosophical concepts are:
*"The Philosophy of Drama (Filozofia dramatu)" (1998)
*"The Controversy over Human Existence (Spór o istnienie człowieka)" (1998)Most notable among his
Góral themed works is:
*"A Goral History of Philosophy (Historia filozofii po góralsku) (1997)ee also
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Knights of the Order of the White Eagle
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