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Submitted article presents a variety of the concept of measure in the early Greek investigations of nature, development of ethical and political structures, fundamental norms of the arts and crafts, and conclusively, searches for understanding of the ἄνθρωπος μέτρον challenge. Among the crucial notions of the early Greek investigations, measure was one of the most receptive: from speculative inquiries to ethical considerations, from theoretical constructions to methodological directives, from normative arrangements to technical solutions. The thinkers and sages introduced the concept of measure into the normative reflection of the ethics and politics, enclosing the most essential and fundamental prescriptions for noble, virtuous and favourable life. Furthermore, the concepts of measure combined the cosmological order with the mathematical proportion, logical principles of recognition with the methodological arrangements for the truth approximation.

Taking under consideration Remi Brague's point of view in a discussion of the European identity, the author of the article searches for a new insightful consideration on the problem of 'being European'. In the cultural perspective the individual sense of belonging, creating an identity, depends on both historical and conscientious mechanisms, thus on the changeable factors affecting the individualities entangled in a struggle for 'being European'. Therefore Brague introduced, instead of a 'stable idea of Europe' which European-to-be can relates to, the cultural form of 'Roman attitude' which remains crucial for creating the 'European identity'. Actually, to put it bluntly, becoming an 'heir of Rome' is indispensable to become 'European', to exercise 'Roman attitude'. ; Taking under consideration Remi Brague's point of view in a discussion of the European identity, the author of the article searches for a new insightful consideration on the problem of 'being European'. In the cultural perspective the individual sense of belonging, creating an identity, depends on both historical and conscientious mechanisms, thus on the changeable factors affecting the individualities entangled in a struggle for 'being European'. Therefore Brague introduced, instead of a 'stable idea of Europe' which European-to-be can relates to, the cultural form of 'Roman attitude' which remains crucial for creating the 'European identity'. Actually, to put it bluntly, becoming an 'heir of Rome' is indispensable to become 'European', to exercise 'Roman attitude'.