ANALYSIS OF SOCIO-ETHICAL IDEAS IN AL-FARABI AND ABAI KUNANBAEV’S WORKS

Abstract

Great thinkers’ scientific works play the important role in public opinion formation in the development of society. There are well-known people in the humankind history, who have made significant contributions to the development of various fields of knowledge, moreover, they were the founders of Philosophy not only at the level of a domes-tic culture, but also in a global scale. This article denotes that the significance of al-Farabi and A. Kunanbaev’s legacy is determined by the fact that many of their positions in the field of Philosophy, Sociology, Logics, Ethics, Aesthetics, natural scientific ideas had a great influence on the subsequent development of social and philosophical thought of the people not only in the East, but also in Europe. These philosophers can be regarded as treasures of world, who during the searching of knowledge and truth, managed to overcome the existing differences in ethnic, cultural, linguistic, religious grounds. The proof of this is the fact that the philosophers despite being a native of the Turkic lands became famous as Arab-Muslim culture’s philosophers that deeply comprehended and popularized European philosophy.It is certain that the works of the great scientists such as al-Farabi and Abai in the field of science and education attracted the attention not only of us, but of the whole world. Their works have been translated into English, French, Persian, German, Russian and introduced into scientific circulation. The 2020th year has the historical spiritual sig-nificance for the entire people due to the 1150th anniversary of al-Farabi and the 175th anniversary of Abay.