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{{Short description|Polish philosopher (1790–1866)}}
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'''Krystyn Lach Szyrma''' (17 December 1790, [[Wojnasy]]; 21 April 1866, [[Devonport, Devon]]) was a professor of [[philosophy]] at [[Warsaw University]].<ref>[[Władysław Tatarkiewicz]], ''Zarys...'', pp. 16–17.</ref> He was also a writer, journalist, translator and political activist.
==Life==
Szyrma was professor of philosophy at [[Warsaw University]] from 1824 to 1831. He left no philosophical writings.<ref>[[Władysław Tatarkiewicz]], ''Zarys...'', pp. 16–17.</ref>
Szyrma was one of nearly all the university professors of philosophy in Poland before the [[November Uprising|November 1830–31 Uprising]] who held a position that shunned both [[Positivism]] and [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]] speculation, affined to the [[Scottish School of Common Sense|Scottish philosophers]] but linked in certain respects to [[Immanuel Kant|Kant]]ian critique.<ref>[[Władysław Tatarkiewicz]], ''Zarys...'', pp. 16–17.</ref>
==See also==
*[[History of philosophy in Poland#Enlightenment|History of philosophy in Poland]]
*[[List of Poles#Philosophy|List of Poles]]
*[[W. S. Lach-Szyrma]]
==Notes==
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==References==
*[[Władysław Tatarkiewicz]], ''Zarys dziejów filozofii w Polsce'' (A Brief History of Philosophy in Poland), [in the series:] ''Historia nauki polskiej w monografiach'' (History of Polish Learning in Monographs), [volume] XXXII, [[Kraków]], Polska Akademia Umiejętności ([[Polish Academy of Learning]]), 1948. This monograph draws from pertinent sections in earlier editions of the author's ''Historia filozofii'' (History of Philosophy).
*Krystyn Lach-Szyrma, ''From Charlotte Square to Fingal’s Cave: Reminiscences of a Journey through Scotland, 1820–1824'', edited and annotated by Mona Kedslie McLeod, [[East Lothian]], Tuckwell Press, 2004, 244 pp., illus., SB, £20.00.
*{{cite book | last = Lach-Szyrma| first = Krystyn| year = 2009| title = London Observed: A Polish Philosopher at Large, 1822-24 | publisher = Signal Books | location = Oxford | url = http://www.signalbooks.co.uk/book.php?a=1904955649}}
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