Life as a way of the functioning of matter â Theory of organic being of Jędrzej Śniadecki

Authors

  • Aniela Zubek Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  • Jakub Barciszewski Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  • Agnieszka Belter Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  • Jan Barciszewski 1Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland; 2NanoBioMedical Center of Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18388/pb.2019_256

Abstract

In 2018 we celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Jędrzej Śniadeckiâs birth. This work aims to show the importance of his thoughts for the development of natural sciences. He studied at some of the largest universities in Europe, where he met great scientists of the enlightenment. The effects can be seen in his works. He was remembered as a founder of Polish biochemistry, anthropology and pathology, also as the author of chemical terminology and language. The essence of his thoughts is âTheory of Organic being”, which is an attempt to answer the question: âwhat is life?”. Jędrzej Śniadecki introduced a new definition of life based on the term âorganic power”. This work shows how import are the thoughts of Jędrzej Śniadecki in the context of the times in which he lived, as well as the following development of natural sciences, what makes him and his theories worth memory.

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Published

2019-03-22

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 1 (2019)

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