PERIPATETIC PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT OF IX-XII CENTURIES CENTRAL ASIA AND THE EUROPEAN RENAISSANCE

Abstract

The fact that the highest goal of our work is the formation of a spiritually rich and morally integral, harmoniously developed personality, possessing an independent worldview and independent thinking, based on the great heritage of our ancestors and universal human values formed the basis for the preparation of this monograph on the history of philosophy. We have made an attempt to critically rethink the old methodological and theoretical approaches to the study of the philosophical heritage of Uzbekistan and the rich spiritual thought of outstanding thinkers of Central Asia the territorial core of which was present-day Uzbekistan.

         In light of these circumstances, the formulation of a number of pressing problems, the solution of which is associated with an objective coverage of history as the main source of the formation of national ideology, acquires special significance. First of all, this is the need for adequate awareness and preservation in modern spiritual culture, as well as in daily practice, of the special, irreplaceable value of the classical philosophical heritage, capable, as in previous periods, of fundamentally influencing the formation of high spirituality both at the level of the individual, and at the level of a social group, nation, society as a whole. 

        From this point of view we are significantly revising the literature where the main emphasis is being made on a new understanding of our existence, our life in conditions of real independence which is quite understandable because, firstly, Uzbekistan has the richest traditions in the field of philosophy and, secondly, the very new position of our Republic as an independent state requires deep philosophical understanding of such a position. The third aspect of this problem is the need for a broad study of the history of the origin and stage formation of European classical philosophy which played a huge role in the formation of the system of modern philosophy, its essence and content.

         These materials, as we hope, will provide theoretical, methodological and practical assistance to teachers, researchers, candidates for academic degrees, and students in the process of preparing them for lectures and seminars, and independent work.