出版社：Universidade Federal de São Carlos - UFSCar/Sorocaba
摘要：The article analyzes the specificity of understanding and features of the functioning of philosophy in ancient culture. The antique project of metaphilosophy is not simply a comprehension of the tasks and nature of philosophy for man, but also in the fact that it brings useful or opposite to it for society. Hence, from the very beginning, philosophy has not a local, solipsistic character, but a global one. Based on the consideration of the emergence of philosophy as a phenomenon, its various functions in ancient society are distinguished – in addition to epistemological, this includes anthropological, ethical and aesthetic. Consequently, there are two main aspects of understanding the meaning of philosophy – theoretical and practical, which in evolutionary terms sometimes contradicted and sometimes complemented each other.
