Кормчията на предела, или Корабът на философите и изобретяването на пространството. Върху няколко фрагмента на Анаксимандър и Хераклит
The Steersman of the Limit, or The Ship of Philosophers and the Invention of Space. On three fragments of Anaximander and Heraclitus

Summary/Abstract: How to think the origin of philosophy? On the basis of a detailed analysis of two fragments of Anaximander and one of Heraclitus, this paper aims to contribute to the elucidation of several unexplored semantic elements of the formation of philosophical space, mobilizing their semantic potential through etymological, cultural-historical and archaeontological means. The paper develops the hypothesis of the relationship between space and philosophy, while opposing the traditional conception of the relationship between philosophy and land, focusing instead on the relationship between philosophy and the sea, and in particular, on the key function of the technology of ship navigation. A major emphasis is placed on the relationship of Anaximander’s concept of apeiron to the Ancient Greek verb κυβερνάω. According to the hypothesis of the text, the semantic abstraction of κυβερνάω exemplifies the process of the creation of an abstract idea, respectively an abstract principle for the organization of space, an abstract principle for movement, through which space is identified as space and woven into dimensions and relations, into rhythm, into measure and limits. This proconceptual move, building upon a series of semantic abstractions and intensifications, brings about the possibility of the semantic order that will later be defined as philosophy.

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