Stanisław Ziemiański (Jesuit)

Stanislaw Ziemiański (born 1931) is a Jesuit philosopher and theologian, and a composer of numerous religious songs and hymns.

He continued his philosophical studies at the Catholic University of Lublin (1960-1963), obtaining a Ph.D. His doctoral dissertation, "Ontologiczne podstawy definicji w systemie Arystotelesa" (Ontological Foundations of the Theory of Definition in the Aristotle's System), was supervised by Prof. M.A.

Ziemiański has been linked to the Jesuit Faculty of Philosophy in Cracow for more than fifty years, taking an active part in its administration.

In 1993–2003 Ziemiański was a professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Pontifical Theological Academy in Cracow, while continuing to lecture at the Ignatianum.

his book written together with S. Kałuża: Poradnik dla kapelanów lecznictwa zamkniętego [Guide for Hospital Chaplains], Kraków 1991.

In its first part he discusses the main problems of metaphysics, such as plurality of beings, rationality of the world, internal and external causality, and the theory of analogy.

In Ziemiański's philosophy there is a noticeable inspiration derived from the Aristotelian and the Thomistic tradition, but his approach is often critical.