Karol Libelt (1807-1875) was a Polish philosopher, writer, political and social activist, social worker and liberal, nationalist politician, president of PTPN. 1807 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The term Philosophy derives from a combination of the Greek words philos meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. ... Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ... Nationalism is an ethno-political ideology that sustains the concept of a nation-identity for an exclusive group of people. ... Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (Polish: Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, PTPN) is a scientific society in Poznań, Poland, established 1875, associating researchers of all scientific branches. ...

Libelt took part in the failed November Uprising against Russia in 1830. Since 1839 he became the head of a secret committee started to organise yet another uprising against the partitioning powers, which was nick-named the Libelt Committee - Komitet Libelt). For taking part in the 1846 uprising he was sentenced by the Prussian authorities for 20 years of imprisonment in a fortress. However, he was released in 1848 and returned to Poznań, where he took part in various secret organisations supporting the independence of Poland (Polish National Committee and Revolutionary Committee). During the Spring of Nations he was chosen as one of the members of the Frankfurt Parliament; he also took part in the Slavic Congress in Prague in June 1848. Conflict November Uprising Date 1830-1831 Place Poland Result Russian victory The November Uprising (1830-1831) was an armed rebellion against Russias rule in Poland. ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Partitions of Poland ( Polish Rozbiór or Rozbiory Polski) happened in the 18th century and ended the existence of a sovereign state of Poland (or more correctly the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth). ... 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia (German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad exclave of Russia and... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... The Poznan is also a breed of horse, There is also American Poznan, OH. The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... —Alexis de Tocqueville, Recollections The European Revolutions of 1848, in some countries known as the Spring of Nations, were the bloody consequences of a variety of changes that had been taking place in Europe in the first half of the 19th century. ... The Frankfurt Parliament is the name of the German National Assembly founded during the Revolutions of 1848 that tried to unite Germany in a democratic way. ... Prague (Praha in Czech) is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...

In 1849 he was elected the member of Prussian parliament became the director of a liberal Dziennik Polski (Polish Daily) newspaper. The following year Libelt started to organise various scientifical and social organisations in Greater Poland, among them the Society of Friends of Sciences in Poznań, which became a de facto university. Between 1868 and 1875 he was also the head of that society and gave lectures on æsthetics. 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Greater Poland (also Great Poland; Polish: Wielkopolska, German: Grosspolen, Latin: Polonia Maior) is one of the historical regions of Poland. ... The Poznan is also a breed of horse, There is also American Poznan, OH. The title given to this article lacks diacritics because of certain technical limitations. ... De facto is a Latin expression that means in fact or in practice. It is commonly used as opposed to de jure (meaning by law) when referring to matters of law or governance or technique (such as standards), that are found in the common experience as created or developed without... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Aesthetics (or esthetics) (from the Greek word αισθητική meaning a perceiver or sensitive) is a branch of philosophy dealing with the nature of beauty. ...

In his philosophical works, Libelt described the so-called Polish messianism, or a belief that the history of the world would be redeemed by the Polish people, who gained moral excellence because of the suffering of their motherland. He believed in existence of a super-rational cognitive power, visible through art. He is known internationally mainly because of the word intelligentsia coined by him in one of his books (Filozofia i krytyka - Philosophy and Critics). The intelligentsia is a social class of intellectuals and social groups close to them (e. ...

See also:

• Poznan Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences

Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (Polish: Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, PTPN) is a scientific society in Poznań, Poland, established 1875, associating researchers of all scientific branches. ...

References

• Witold Jakóbczyk, Przetrwać na Wartą 1815-1914, Dzieje narodu i państwa polskiego, vol. III-55, Krajowa Agencja Wydawnicza, Warszawa 1989