Bezgrzesznie grzeszna Rzeczpospolita jako „złe miejsce”: Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski, „Skrupuł bez skrupułu w Polsce”

In the short piece by Jan Stanisław Jabłonowski’s Unscrupulous Scruple in Poland the Republic of Poland is presented as a state tainted by particular sinfulness, which may not be easily indicated nor analysed in a moralising manner as it reaches beyond the scope of Catholic examination of conscience. Therefore, the gentry could believe that they lead a sinless life. Proving the belief to be a mere illusion was the last undertaking of the magnate in the last years of his life, which may be perceived as a depiction of the turns of Fortune’s Wheel.