The Author examines the latest book by Wojciech Wrzosek devoted to methodological aspects of historical thinking. Cf. Wojciech Wrzosek, O myśleniu historycznym (On historical thinking), Epigram, Bydgoszcz 2009.

In the paper I try to demonstrate that interactive concept of metaphor, in particular, that proposed by Ricoeur – contrary to what Wrzosek preaches – has a very limited use in the study of thought processes leading to the formulation of the metaphors used by the science.

The paper is a conversation about Wojciech Wrzosek's biography and academic work. It describes his university education at Adam Mickiewicz University, especially his participation in the seminars of Jerzy Topolski and Jerzy Kmita. The paper goes on to outline the subsequent stages of Wrzosek's academic career, his research travels abroad and the leading of the Interdisciplinary History Seminar, which was intended as a continuation of Topolski's seminar. The paper also discusses Wrzosek's two books – History – Culture – Metaphor and On Historical Thinking – their intellectual genealogy, context of their writing and reception.