%0 Journal Article %T „W czymże tedy przez tych mędrków świat oświecony?” – Floriana Jaroszewicza apologia panieństwa i powściągliwości %A Szczukowski, Ireneusz %J Studia Historica Gedanensia %V 2016 %R 10.4467/23916001HG.16.003.6388 %N Volume 7 (2016) %P 63-74 %@ 2081-3309 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-historica-gedanensia/article/w-czymze-tedy-przez-tych-medrkow-swiat-oswiecony-floriana-jaroszewicza-apologia-panienstwa-i-powsciagliwosci %X The aim of the article was to discuss the piece of work by Florian Jaroszewicz The old argument of worldwide wisdom (Lwów 1771). That piece of work refers to the polemics of Catholic Church with representatives of enlightenment reflection, or more widely, to the dispute between traditional, religious model of perception and valuation of reality and the process of intellectual, social and old customs change beginning in 18th century Europe. The piece of work reveals the mechanisms of constructing apologetic or refutable texts as well as continues the post‑Tridentine model of religious culture, so strongly exposing the break between temporal values and Christian perspective of eternal happiness. Jaroszewicz, therefore, defends the traditional model of reality, where categories such as God, the soul and salvation organise man’s self‑understanding and play a decisive role in building social relations.