Abstract

The subject of Prof Roman Darowski's book is the philosophical heritage of polish Jesuits in the 17th and 18th centuries. Darowski, who is himself a priest from the Jesuit Order, is a representative philosopher- historian, engaged in historical research of the Jesuit philosophy in Poland. The author tells us also about his own experiences in this field. His study is an abundant synthesis of his own investigations into the subject. The author starts his monograph with a presentation of the actual state of the investigations in Jesuit philosophy in Poland and Lithuania in the 17th and 18th centuries. In this part of the book he addresses the new questions in the subject and possible perspectives of future research.