Zofia Józefa Zdybicka (born 5 August 1928 in
Kraśnik
Kraśnik is a town in southeastern Poland with 35,602 inhabitants (2012), situated in the Lublin Voivodeship, historic Lesser Poland. It is the seat of Kraśnik County. The town of Kraśnik as it is known today was created in 1975, after the mer ...
) is a
nun
A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service, typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent.''The Oxford English Dictionary'', vol. X, page 599. The term is o ...
and philosopher. She has been a professor at the
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin since 1978. Her order name is Maria Józefa in the
Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus in
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
. She is a specialist in
ontology
In metaphysics, ontology is the philosophical study of being, as well as related concepts such as existence, becoming, and reality.
Ontology addresses questions like how entities are grouped into categories and which of these entities exi ...
and the
philosophy of religion
Philosophy of religion is "the philosophical examination of the central themes and concepts involved in religious traditions". Philosophical discussions on such topics date from ancient times, and appear in the earliest known texts concerning ph ...
.
Zdybicka is the author of ' (1972), ''
H. de Lubaca'' (1973), ' (1977, 1994), ' (1988).
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Zdybicka Zofia
1928 births
Living people
People from Kraśnik
20th-century Polish Roman Catholic nuns
Ursulines
Ontologists
Philosophers of religion
20th-century Polish philosophers
Polish women philosophers
Polish women academics
Catholic philosophers
21st-century Polish Roman Catholic nuns
Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta
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