The article analyses theoretical concepts and the results of research on the course of human life. The analysis has been directed at distinguishing the factors which exert significant influence on t h e level of t h e quality of life. Using the criterion of the ability to control one's own development, the author distinguished five different ways of living, each of which expresses itself through different perception of t h e quality of life.

Digitalizacja i deponowanie archiwalnych zeszytów RPEiS sfinansowane przez MNiSW w ramach realizacji umowy nr 541/P-DUN/2016