Role of Numerical Symbolism in Interpreting Relations and Properties of Reality

Abstract

The role of numerical symbolism in the interpretation of the results of understanding the surrounding reality, interpreting its relations and properties, forming the image of the world is considered. Special attention is given to the transcendental nature of numerical symbolism, which consists in the fact that, being the archetype of the unconscious human, being one of the basic symbols and cognitive patterns common to all of humanity, the image of the number is incorporated in the human consciousness. Numerical symbolism, as one of the areas of human knowledge, played an important role in the formation of not only early ideas about the world, but also cultural systems in general. Contemporary understanding of the deep structure of nature and the human mind, based on the correlation with the number, indicates the use of numbers not only as a tool for calculation, but also as a tool of interpretation of properties and relations of reality, which is reflected in the language. The results of the comparative analysis of phraseological units with a numerological component in English, French, Russian languages are presented. Analysis of factual material shows that the numbers represent a character a class of signs focused on qualitative and quantitative assessment. This determines the relevance of further development of the problem of interpreting the potential number.

Keywords

• numerical symbolism
• quality
• interpretation
• phraseological unit