Formation of the romantic world outlook of the thinkers related to historical Lithuania and Vilnius University

ENThe article discusses formation of romantic world outlook of the thinkers of Lithuanian origin, or just related to historical Lithuania and Vilnius University. The first thinker of Lithuanian origin, who expressed the romantic views – Ludwig Rhesa (1776 – 1840), was the student and then the professor of Königsberg University (Albertina). The first manifestations of romanticism at regions of the old Lithuanian-Polish Commonwealth were well-known Adam Mickiewicz’s poetry and a treatise “On the role of the philosophy in the life of entire nations and individual persons“ (Die Philosophie in ihrem Verhältnisse zum Leben ganzer Völker und einzelner Menschen, 1822) written by Józef Gołuchowski (1797 – 1858) – unfortunately less-known philosopher who won a contest for the seat of professor of philosophy at Vilnius University and at the fall of 1823 lectured at Vilnius university. The theory by the leading figure of the nineteenth century Polish messianism – the thought that was an important part of romantic philosophy – Andrzej Towiański (1799 – 1878) – also began to form in Vilnius. The article is an inquiry into aforesaid romanticists’ philosophical ideas and philosophical theories that could inspire them. We analyze the relation of their concepts with the corresponding ideas of prominent authors that molded the philosophy of European Pre-Romanticism and Romanticism.