The article presents the intellectual biography of Mieczysław Wallis in the light of philosophical inspirations. Numerous, unedited and previously un published archival materials of this representative of the second generation of the Lvov-Warsaw School prove that his intellectual development and scientific attitude were significantly influenced by the attitudes and views of many outstanding Pol ish philosophers of the 20th century. The article will therefore consider the following research issues: Under the influence of what philosophical inspirations did Wallis’s interests and creative achievements evolve? Who among the representatives of the philosophical milieu had the most intellectually stimulating effect on him? What was the nature of his relationships with these intellectuals? Did Wallis draw motivation for creative work only from thinkers who displayed a methodological attitude close to his own? There are many indications that resolving the above issues will open up new research perspectives for a full understanding of the phenomenon of Wallis’s creative profile, allowing for the determination of his actual contribution both to the achievements of the Kazimierz Twardowski School and to native philosophy of the 20th century.The article presents the intellectual biography of Mieczysław Wallis in the light of philosophical inspirations. Numerous, unedited and previously un published archival materials of this representative of the second generation of the Lvov-Warsaw School prove that his intellectual development and scientific attitude were significantly influenced by the attitudes and views of many outstanding Pol ish philosophers of the 20th century. The article will therefore consider the following research issues: Under the influence of what philosophical inspirations did Wallis’s interests and creative achievements evolve? Who among the representatives of the philosophical milieu had the most intellectually stimulating effect on him? What was the nature of his relationships with these intellectuals? Did Wallis draw motivation for creative work only from thinkers who displayed a methodological attitude close to his own? There are many indications that resolving the above issues will open up new research perspectives for a full understanding of the phenomenon of Wallis’s creative profile, allowing for the determination of his actual contribution both to the achievements of the Kazimierz Twardowski School and to native philosophy of the 20th century.The article presents the intellectual biography of Mieczysław Wallis in the light of philosophical inspirations. Numerous, unedited and previously un published archival materials of this representative of the second generation of the Lvov-Warsaw School prove that his intellectual development and scientific attitude were significantly influenced by the attitudes and views of many outstanding Pol ish philosophers of the 20th century. The article will therefore consider the following research issues: Under the influence of what philosophical inspirations did Wallis’s interests and creative achievements evolve? Who among the representatives of the philosophical milieu had the most intellectually stimulating effect on him? What was the nature of his relationships with these intellectuals? Did Wallis draw motivation for creative work only from thinkers who displayed a methodological attitude close to his own? There are many indications that resolving the above issues will open up new research perspectives for a full understanding of the phenomenon of Wallis’s creative profile, allowing for the determination of his actual contribution both to the achievements of the Kazimierz Twardowski School and to native philosophy of the 20th century
