Assistant professor at the Department of Metaphysics ofThe John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin

  • born 7th Nov 1970

Domains of researching

  • philosophical anthropology (esp. in classical sense)
  • philosophical understanding of love, with a special stress of the conception of Thomas Aquinas
  • classical metaphysics
  • problem of ontical unity of a human being as the subject of heterogenous acts

Other interests

  • history, history of culture, classical literature (Greece, Rome, Europe of mediaeval and modern times), classical languages (Greek, Latin), Italian language, classical music

Education

  • 1990-1995: study in Department of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin (the Theoretical Philosophy Section)
  • 1992-1997: study in Department of Humanities of the Catholic University of Lublin
  • 1997: exam for a MA degree on the base of the paper "At the basis of the theory of love by Tomas Aquinas. A study on the base of the analyses of De amore" written during the seminar on metaphysics and philosophical anthropology guided and supervised by professor Andrzej Maryniarczyk SDB
  • 1 October 1998 — 28 February 1999: a foreign probation as the candidate for a PhD degree in Università del Sacro Cuore in Milan
  • 1997-2002: working on the treatise "Paradox of selfless love" during the study for the candidates for a PhD degree
  • March 2004 — July 2005: Realization of the grant given by MNiI in purpose of closing the work on doctorate thesis (registration number of the grant 1 H01A013 26)
  • 19-29 March 2004: search query in Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium) within the searching work on the treatise for a PhD degree
  • 19-28 November 2004: search query in Institut füdie Wissenschaften vom Menschen (Vienna) within the searching work on the treatise for a PhD degree
  • 11 January 2006: defense of the doctorate " Paradox of selfless love. A study on philosophical anthropology on the base of the texts by Saint Thomas Aquinas" (promoter: professor Andrzej Maryniarczyk SDB)

Work history

  • 1997-2002: candidate for a PhD degree (on the position of an assistant) at the Chair of Metaphysics in Department of Philosophy of the Catholic University of Lublin.
  • 2002: assistant at the Chair of metaphysics in Department of Philosophy CUL
  • 2007: adjunct at the Chair of metaphysics in Department of Philosophy CUL

Social activities and functions

  • 1998-2001: Initiator and supervisor of the metaphysical section in the Philosophical Circle fo Students CUL
  • 2001-2002: Curator of the Student Club "People of Good Will" at CUL
  • 2001-2008: Caretaker of the students in section of theoretical philosophy

Didactic activities

  • Classes on texts of Aristotle and of Thomas Aquinas, 1st year of theoretical philosophy (aside group of anthropological and metaphysical bent) in Department of Philosophy CUL, in 1997-2007.
  • Classes on texts of philosophy of the ancient and modern mediaeval times, 2nd year of theoretical philosophy (aside group of anthropological and metaphysical bent), in 2000-2009.
  • Classes on metaphysics, 1st year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, in 2005-2006.
  • Classes on philosophical anthropology, 1st year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, in 2007-2008
  • Proseminar on philosophical anthropology, 3rd year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, in 2006-2009
  • Regular lecture on philosophical anthropology, 1st year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, since 2008; and 4th year of pedagogics in Department of Social Sciences CUL, in 2008-2009.
  • Seminar for the candidates for a bachelor degree on philosophical anthropology, 3rd year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, since 2009.
  • Translation classes on the Latin philosophical texts, 4th year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, since 2006.
  • Translation classes on the Latin philosophical texts, 3rd year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, since 2009.
  • Monographical lecture on selected issues of philosophical anthropology (under the title "The ancient and mediaeval conceptions of love") 3-5th year of theoretical philosophy in Department of Philosophy CUL, in 2008-2009.
  • The set of lectures in the Philosophical and Ethical and Social Study at the Polish Catholic Mission in Paris, concerning the issue: "Philosophy of love", 11-18 May 2008.
  • Philosophy of man and culture — the lectures given in the National Education Study [Studium Edukacji Narodowej] at the Foundation Servire Veritati Institute of National Education [Fundacja Servire Veritati. Instytut Edukacji Narodowej], located in Lublin, in 1999-2004.
  • Classical ethics — as mentioned above, in 2000-2004.
  • Classical rhetoric — as mentioned above, in 2001-2005, 2007-2008.
  • The voice emission — as mentioned above, in 2005 and in 2008.

Membership in societies or associations

  • Polish Thomas Aquinas Association (Polish branch of the Società Internationale Tommaso d'Aquino), since 1997.
  • Scientific Society of the Catholic University of Lublin, since 2007.