The topic of the work are scholastic inspirations in the poetics of Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski. The work consists of an introduction, six chapters and conclusion. The intoduction presents the state of research and layout of the work. The first chapter shows, how Sarbiewski uses concepts taken from the scholastics. The second chapter compares the views of Aristotle and Sarbiewski on poetics. The third chapter presents the way Sarbiewski uses the concept of analogy. The fourth chapter presents his view on the problem universals. In the fifth chapter his vision of human being was described. In the sixth chapter Sarbiewski's understanding of creativity was compared with romantic views on it. In final, the conclusions were formulated.