Władysław Weryho was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 social activist, popularizer of learning, especially of philosophy

Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

 and psychology

Psychology

Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...

, and organizer of learned life in partitioned Poland.

Life

Weryho created a center of the philosophical movement in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

. In 1904 he co-founded the Philosophical Society (Towarzystwo Filozoficzne) and in 1907 the Psychological Society (Towarzystwo Psychologiczne) as well as philosophical and psychological learned institutes. In 1898 he founded Przegląd Filozoficzny (The Philosophical Review), which he edited 1898–1916.

See also

• History of philosophy in Poland
• List of Poles