Architecture of life

Tomasz Taczewski

Abstract

Leon Jan Piniński – a count, lawyer, historian of art, professor at Lviv University and member of Academy of Learning, honoured by Złoty Wawrzyn Akademicki (Golden Academic Laurus) in his short study, which was published in 1912 as a commemorative book for the 250th jubilee of Lviv University, wrote that mankind is proud of civilisation, progress and astounding inventions. However, he expressed doubts whether through centuries, which separate us from the ancient times, this mankind ‘significantly advanced in the field of soul and heart’. One century is over and similar reflections are still present. At the beginning of the 21st century, Anthony Grayling – a professor of philosophy at London University and member of St. Anne’s College in Oxford evoked a general interest in ethics. It was due to his last books which were a result of his systematic research and constituted collections of lively well-written studies and essays.

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