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  1. augustus pugin ? (augustus@shitposter.club)'s status on Monday, 13-Feb-2023 00:22:41 JST augustus pugin ? augustus pugin ?
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    >He is remembered as a man of great intelligence and a political philosopher gifted with formidable insight into Poland's current and future situation. He used his job to criticize and warn his contemporaries by the use of satire. His witty jokes often pertained to current political or court matters. Stańczyk's remarks and jokes were preserved by numerous contemporary writers who praised him for fighting hypocrisy in the name of truth.

    >Stańczyk became a popular historical figure in Polish literature after the partitions (1795). Some writers treated him as a symbol of Poland's struggle for independence

    >The jester is depicted as the only person at a royal ball who is troubled by the news that the Muscovites have captured Smolensk.

    I think this guy is a big origin point for the myth of the Jester as political truth speaker

    >Almost nothing is known about Stańczyk's life and even his name and identity are a matter of dispute.

    It appears that he also probably never even existed, but his legend still lives on because its an enduring idea
    In conversation Monday, 13-Feb-2023 00:22:41 JST from shitposter.club permalink
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