Marcin Śmiglecki (Latin: Martinus Smiglecius or Leopolitanus, Lithuanian: Martynas Smigleckis;[1] 11 November 1564 – 26 or 28 July 1618) was a Polish Jesuit philosopher and logician,[2][3] known for his erudite scholastic Logica.
He used the surname Lwowczyk, or Leopolitanus, and later adopted the name Śmiglecki or Smiglecius (after the town of Śmigiel, from which his family originated).
[9] As a textbook author his reputation survived in the satirical poem The Logicians Refuted,[10] attributed to both Jonathan Swift and Oliver Goldsmith.
Samuel Johnson, writing in 1751 as a fictitious correspondent in The Rambler, claimed that as a student he "slept every night with Śmiglecki on my pillow.
"[11] In a live controversy of the time, Śmiglecki sided with Benedict Pereira against Giuseppe Biancani.