Abstract

The article discusses the relationship between philosophy and poetry as specific ways of understanding the world and the ways in which words are similar and distinct. Based on a comparative analysis of the theory and methodology of the development of the world philosophy and the art of literature in national literary studies, the article examines the question of the nature and features of philosophical knowledge. The paper shows that poetic thinking and the ability to create symbols are both a unique feature of humans and one of the spiritual foundations of the study of the world and the representation of reality, and today they remain one of the bestpreserved qualities of poetry.