THE MORAL VIEWS OF EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHERS OF THE RENAISSANCE

Abstract

This article covers the attitude of philosophers during the medieval eastern Awakening and Western Renaissance to the phenomenon of morality. Within the framework of the Islamic Enlightenment formed between the 9th and 12th centuries, such great thinkers as Abu Nasr Farabi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Rushd and al–Ghazzali studied the topic of morality not only from a religious-philosophical point of view, but also from a social, political and pedagogical point of view. The Western Renaissance, on the other hand, brought moral concepts to a new level throughout Europe through the enlightened revolution that began in Italy in the 14th and 16th centuries. Thinkers such as Thomas Aquinas, Dante Alighieri, Erazm Rotterdam, and Nicollo Machiavelli interpreted Ethics in different directions in the process of moving from religious thought to a secular worldview. The article will conduct a comparative analysis of the similarities and differences of the two periods and highlight the harmony of the phenomenon of morality with Dionate, political events, cultural development and science. As a result, the modern relevance of this heritage, which was formed during the medieval eastern Awakening and the Western Renaissance, is also shown.