Antoni Popławski

Antoni Popławski (1739–1789) was a Polish Piarist educator and economist.[1] A physiocrat and a proponent of the emancipation of serfs, in 1774 he coined the term "noble democracy" to describe the political system of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.[2] Popławski was born and died in Cracow.

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References

  1. "Popławski, Antoni", Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti. Accessed 12 March 2016.
  2. Benedict Wagner-Rundell, Common Wealth, Common Good (Oxford University Press, 2015), p. 73.
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