Bogusław Wolniewicz
Eminent philosopher, logician, professor of humanities, publicist. He exerted a great influence on the metaphysical trend in Polish philosophy. Translator of Ludwig Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (1970), Philosophical Investigations (1972) and Gottlob Frege's Semantic Writings (1977). One of the greatest experts on Wittgenstein's thought. He is the author of, inter alia, Things and Facts (Rzeczy i fakty, 1968, 2019), Ontology of Situation (Ontologia sytuacji, 1985, 2019) and Philosophy and Values (Filozofia i wartości, vol. I – 1993, vol. II – 1998, vol. III – 2003, vol. IV – 2016).
Freedom of Speech in Western Civilisation
The subject is difficult because it touches on the idea of freedom. And this idea in itself harbours antinomies that are not easy to resolve.
Bogusław Wolniewicz
On the Idea of Fate
1. I want to talk about the idea of fate, not the concept or sense of it.