Interpretacja humanistyczna a problem starożytnej alegorezy

• Authors: Mikołaj Domaradzki

Title variants

EN

HUMANISTIC INTERPRETATION AND THE PROBLEM OF ANCIENT ALLEGORESIS

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the article is to present the phenomenon of allegorical interpretation as one of most important cultural events that has ultimately resulted in the emergence of modern hermeneutics. More specifically, the paper argues that the hermeneutical activity of Metrodorus of Lampsacus embodies the practice that is nowadays commonly referred to as ‘humanistic interpretation’. Having established that the exegesis of Metrodorus can be characterized as a type of humanistic interpretation, the article proceeds to demonstrate that the allegoresis in question was in fact adaptive in its nature. While Metrodorus’ ideas are suggested to have possibly contributed to the philosophical overcoming of the so called syncretic-magical thinking, the allegorical support of the transformation of mythos into logos is analyzed within the framework of Jerzy Kmita’s theory of culture.

Keywords

EN

ANCIENT ALLEGORESIS; HERMENEUTICS; METRODORUS OF LAMPSACUS; HUMANISTIC INTERPRETATION; JERZY KMITA

• Publisher: Oficyna Wydawnicza Epigram
• Journal: Filo-Sofija
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1(12)
• Pages: 361-372

Contributors

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Mikołaj Domaradzki