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LTNykstant tradicinei helenų religijai, o filosofijai ir teurgijai traukiantis į pogrindį, Proklas siekė retrospektyviai suvienyti visą helenų filosofiją, tam tikslui pasitelkdamas hermeneutinius metodus. Sekdamas Jamblicho ir Sirijano pavyzdžiu, jis užsibrėžė, neperžengdamas modifikuoto platonizmo, sukurti metateoriją, galinčią integruoti arba reinterpretuoti pačius įvairiausius tradicinės kultūros elementus. Sintetinant ir alegoriškai aiškinant senųjų Viduržemio jūros arealo civilizacijų palikimą, Proklui pavyko galutinai sutaikyti dialektiką ir teurgiją, filosofiją ir mitologiją [p. 37].

ENArticle deals with the last phase of ancient Hellenic philosophy, namely, Neoplatonism and its main hermeneutical principles used for the interpretation of Mato, Aristotle, and other authorities. The author investigates how ancient philosophy was able to fulfil a vast cultural mission and asserts that in late Antiquity there was no longer any clear and firm demarcation between doing one’s own philosophy and writing commentary. The contents of various selected texts were interpreted in such a way as to make them fit with the stated metaphysical aim, thus establishing the harmony of Plato, Aristotle and Homer. At the same time, Proclus sought to unify the whole of Hellenic philosophy by presenting it as a continuous clarification of divine revelation, as well as to provide a set of methodological rules for the thorough exegesis of the inspired text, which themselves ought to reveal no less than the structure of the entire reality.