Humanism and concern for human development in the views of Jan Amos Komensky and Edward Abramowski. Interpretation of selected life events from a psychohistorical perspective

Abstract

The article highlights numerous similar experiences and personality traits of Jan Amos Komeński and Edward Abramowski, two eminent thinkers from different eras and countries. Both were united by profound humanism and a concern for human development. Their activities stemmed from dissatisfaction with the existing reality, viewing education and upbringing as tools for social change and political and economic emancipation. An attempt to analyze their biographies from a psychohistorical perspective underscores the need to shape not only knowledge, but also values and attitudes conducive to the development of complete, conscious personalities. It simultaneously prompts reflection on the relevance and originality of many aspects of their social philosophy. The ideals they wrote about in their works, their care for the unlimited possibilities of personality development, and the affirmation of the individual and their role in social life testify that they were humanists of great stature.