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Forewordto
MaritalLovefromthePerspectiveofPersonalists
byPrzemysławZientkowski
Bookstakeonalifeoftheirownandtravelamysterious
pathindependentoftheircreator.When13yearsagomybook
Personalism,translatedintoPolishandpublishedthankstothe
generouseńortsofmyfriendandprofessorKrzysztofGuzowski,
Ihadtheimpressionthatitsimpacthadbeenlimited;anopinion
that,naturally,couldhavebeenbiasedbymyinabilitytofollow
whatispublishedinthewonderfulPolishlanguage.Myvision,
however,waswrong.Andgoodproofofthisisthisworkbyprof.
PrzemysławZientkowski.
Tetextpresentsapersonaliststudycarriedoutpreciselyfrom
theproposalthatImadeinthatbook,andwhichrepresented
anoveltyintheinterpretationofthisphilosophy.Tereare,in
fact,dińerentwaysofinterpretingpersonalism.Someunderstand
itasakindofuniversalphilosophythatwouldencompassevery-
onewho,inonewayoranother,hasbeenawareofhumandigni-
ty.Butsuchapositionleadspersonalismtoadeepphilosophical
weaknessand,toacertainextent,toitsnon-existence.Despite
manyattempts,forexamplebyTomasBuford,itisnotpossi-
bletounifyvariouspositionsthatrangefromHinduthoughtto
classicalpersonaliststhroughreflectionsoftheAmericanIndi-
ans.Allofthem,certainly,mayhaveperceivedthedignityofthe
personinonewayoranother.Butcanaphilosophyemergefrom
thisrangeofvariedpositions?Itdoesn’tseemtobethecase.on
thecontrary,onegetstheimpressionthatthisextremediversity
onlyleadstothedissolutionofpersonalismasaphilosophy.
othersidentifypersonalismwithMounier’sphilosophy.Tere
isnodoubtthatMounier’smeritinthecreationofpersonalism
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