Feliks Koneczny

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Professor Feliks Koneczny
Portrait of Feliks Koneczny (2015)
Born	1 November 1862 Kraków, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	10 February 1949 (aged 86) Kraków, Polish People's Republic
Academic background
Influences	Bacon Montesquieu Turgot Kołłątaj Guizot Leo XIII Buckle Taine Le Bon
Academic work
Discipline	History
School or tradition	Empiricism National Democracy Catholic social teaching
Main interests	Civilisation, History of Poland, Tradition
Notable ideas	Science of Civilisation Latin civilisation German Byzantinism Quinqunx of existential values
Influenced	Hilckman [de] J. Giertych Huntington (disputed) M. Giertych Kossecki [pl] Braun Sykulski Skrzydlewski [pl]

Feliks Karol Koneczny (Polish pronunciation: [ˈfɛliks ˈkarɔl kɔˈnɛt͡ʂnɨ]; 1 November 1862 – 10 February 1949) was a Polish historian, theatrical critic, librarian, journalist and social philosopher. He founded the original system of the comparative science of civilizations.^[1][2][3]