Sytuacja komunikacyjna w kulturze archaicznej a symboliczność komunikacji

The purpose of the present paper is to discuss several consequences of the phenomenon of communication from the perspective of philosophy of culture and communication theory. Apart from the purely communicative and philosophical issues, the article touches upon the questions that concern the origin of metaphysical thinking in ancient Greek culture. The article is an attempt at showing conditions which have to be fulfilled to achieve basis for philosophical reflection about communication. The paper consists of three main sections: the first one examines the two levels of the reconstruction of communicative situation in the Archaic culture, the second considers the origin of a symbol and the fusion of thought and action, whereas the third section presents a philosophical perspective on the genesis of the metaphysical thinking and symbolic communication. The most important conclusion to be drawn here is that communication can be understood as a non-symbolic process.