The search for the language of philosophizing in Chinese and European traditions

The current cultural tendencies, such as spread of digital communication technologies, increasing involvement of broad layers of the population into social networking, development of the media and their noticeable departure into the more open, democratic, and faster reacting web space, finally, the trends of the modern science development have kicked off crucial linguistic processes. We are witnessing the emergence of an incredible number of language formations, slangs, and jargons. The mixing of languages, the diffusion of professional jargons, national languages, and sub-linguistic formations are also a part of this process. The paper is based on the hypothesis that interpenetration of the concrete and figurative languages allows to better express “unready” meanings. This assumption is tested by comparing the processes of mixing philosophical and literary languages in the ancient Greek and Chinese philosophical traditions. The authors reveal two strategies of contact of the languages of philosophy and literature. They demonstrate how these strategies relate to the approach to the problem of cognizability of the world.