Andrzej Nowicki: Historian of philosophy and philosopher of culture

Abstract

The aim of the article is to synthetically present the philosophical profile of Andrzej Nowicki. The stages of his education, academic work and its results are indicated. The professor began his scientific work with the history of philosophy, the history of atheism and religious studies. He drew inspiration from his teachers and philosophers (from ancient times to the present). He devoted many publications to thinkers of the Italian and Polish Renaissance, using the method of central categories found in the works of philosophers.

Since 1966 (Atheistic Perspective of Immortality) he was building his own philosophical system. He attached great importance to individual differences between people, proclaiming the perspective of the immortality of the name, which will survive in the works of culture created by man. The professor always treated philosophy as the most important subject of his interests, but he also appreciated other areas of culture, especially Music, Poetry, Painting. He introduced many original categories used to define what characterizes Culture. He considered novelty as an axiological category and encouraged independent thinking and taking on new challenges.