What is it about?
This work presents two scholars, a Scotsman and a Pole, of different backgrounds and generations who found a common ground with each other and were able to research together the dialogues and philosophy of Plato. They were Lewis Campbell (1830–1908) and Wincenty Lutosławski (1863–1954). Lutosławski promoted forgotten publications of Campbell and developed his methods, while Campbell helped Lutosławski to publish his book in England. The paper is enriched with some excerpts from their correspondence.
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Why is it important?
This work is important because it is for the first time that this chapter of Scottish-Polish relations was discussed at large and presented with the aid of archival materials. It demonstrates that classical texts have the potential to constitute a common ground for researchers who are apparently thousands of miles apart.
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I think that it is interesting to see how relations between scholars develop, how they discuss their ideas, and how they cooperate on classical philosophical legacy. For me personally it is important to demonstrate scholarly connections in philosophy between individuals of Central and Western Europe, of Poland and other parts of the world.
Tomasz Mróz
Uniwersytet Zielonogorski
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This page is a summary of: Scottish-Polish Cooperation on Plato at the Turn of the Twentieth Century, Journal of Scottish Philosophy, June 2018, Edinburgh University Press,
DOI: 10.3366/jsp.2018.0193.
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