Zygmunt Balicki (1858-1916) co-founder and one of the most important thinkers of the national movement. He was born on 30 December 1858 in Lublin, where he also attended gymnasium. He studied in St Petersburg and became engaged in the activities of socialist groups. He continued his collaboration with socialists after leaving Russia and settling in Lviv: together with Bolesław Limanowski he created the socialist and pro-independence group "Lud Polski" (Polish People's Party). Threatened with being betrayed to the Russians, he emigrated to Switzerland where he continued studying in Zurich and Geneva, earning a doctorate and becoming a member and correspondent of the International Institute of Sociology. The next stage in the evolution of his ideology involved the cooperation with Z. Miłkowski within Liga Polska (Polish League). Balicki was the founder of "Związek Młodzieży Polskiej" (Association of the Polish Youth) – the so called "Zet" (1887). Together with Roman Dmowski he founded the National League as well as the National-Democratic Party, becoming one of the leading politicians and political writers of this group. He mainly published his articles in "Przegląd Wszechpolski" and "Przegląd Narodowy". He died on 12 September 1916 in St Petersburg. In addition to numerous political articles, Balicki was the authored of acclaimed works on sociology and political theory, such as: Parlamentaryzm (1900) and Psychologia społeczna (1912). The Center for Political Thought published a collection of Balicki's articles entitled Parlamentaryzm in 2007.