Ontyczność Narodu W Myśli Cypriana Norwida

Abstract

Onticism of the nation in Cyprian Norwid’s thoughtThe article originates from a larger scale study dealing with the Polish nation and identity in Norwid’s writings. The author exposes the poet’s attention to the philosophy of history and underscores the constant presence of threads linking the Polish affairs with the history of the humankind in Norwid’s poetic and journalistic works. This piece argues that Norwid in his reflection on the nation assumes understanding of the essence of the nation’s being in categories of ethos.

The column in Place Vendôme and the fleeting form of ancient Rome in the writings of Cyprian Norwid

“…59 The reason for this different reaction can consist in the fact that Szczesny and others differ in terms of wealth: he is certainly not "satiated" as Magdalena Woźniewska-Działak notes, while "the ruin of Paestum is primarily one that represents a degraded community, which meets, from time to time, with a satiated passer-by or stranger." 60 The only reaction to the extended hand ("wpółżebrzącą" [co-begging], Norwid adds) is payment. The gesture described above finds one more application towards the end of the poem, where it regards the process of literary creativity: Ku czemu lepszą powieść z czasem zrobię, Morał wykażę jasno jak na dłoni, A jaki taki grubą łzę uroni.…”