The article aims at demonstrating significant differences in the perception of rationality and irrationality in the works of ancient Greek philosophers and philosophers of the period of Latin apologetics. The authors conducted a comparative analysis of the works of ancient and Latin philosophers. The analysis revealed that the Greeks solved the problem of the ratio of the rational and the irrational in an ontological way, while the Latins shifted the focus on the problem to the axiological dimension. The article presents the correlation of three examples of ontological orientation of pagan philosophy with three examples of axiological orientation of Latin theology of the apologetic period. The research methodology is based on the combination of historical-functional and comparative analyses. The works of N. S. Mudragey, where the validity of the use of the concepts "rational" and "irrational" in relation to ancient philosophy was proved, provided the methodological basis of the study, as well as the works of G. G. Mayorov, who actually was the first to consider Latin apologetics as a system with a clear tendency from hellenophilia to hellenophobia. The works of ancient Greek philosophers provided the theoretical basis of the study, as well as the works of Lactantius, Arnobius, Tertullian, and Minucius.

Balandina Rozalina Ruslanovna, Master’s Degree Student, Kazan Federal University, 18, Kremlevskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation, e-mail: rrzaynullina@stud.kpfu.ru

Kuzmina Elena Vladislavovna, Candidate of Sciences (Philosophy), Associate Professor, Kazan Federal University, 18, Kremlevskaya st., Kazan, 420008, Russian Federation, e-mail: bossloko1@yandex.ru

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