Ideas of Education in the Early Period of the Polish Enlightenment

Abstract

The study outlines the concepts of moral education by four representatives of the Polish Enlightenment's early period, namely Stanisław Heronim Konarski, Antoni Wiśniewski, Adam Kazimierz Czartoryski, and Józef Kajetan Skrzetuski. They proposed to reform the young generation education and learning, including citizen education. They shaped the first ideas on how to change the intellectual culture of young Poles. They were deeply involved in introducing them into the practice of social life, hoping that growing Poland out of the social, political and social crisis starts with reforming the social consciousness the spirit of new ideas. They were deeply convinced that the task could be accomplished only by competent and well-learned men, with a serious attitude towards moral ideals, educated and concerned about the state and society. We evoke their views of the time being convinced that their essence is still up-to-date and valid.