Open AccessOld Polish Writers and Freedom of Expression. Reconnaissance
Author(s) -
Krzysztof Koehler
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
perspektywy kultury
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2719-8014
pISSN - 2081-1446
DOI - 10.35765/pk.2019.2704.11
Subject(s) - nobility , relation (database) , consciousness , civil liberties , freedom of expression , politics , literature , expression (computer science) , history , law , sociology , linguistics , political science , philosophy , art , epistemology , human rights , computer science , database , programming language
The paper discusses the question of freedom of speech as an important topic in old Polish literature. The author considers the problem of whether freedom of speech was one of civil liberties recognized by old Polish writers as characteristic for the political consciousness of the nobility in the early modern era. Discussing several cases (Franciszek Karpiński, Wespazjan Kochowski, Jan Chryzostom Pasek, and Stanisław Orzechowski), the author indicates the inalienable relationship between the awareness of freedom of speech and the old nobility’s moral sentiments.