THE COMPARISON OF EAST-WEST WORLDS’ METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE FORMATION OF INTELLECTUAL AND LIFE-SUSTAINING: AL-GHAZĀLĪ AND DESCARTES EXAMPLE

Even though the Terms of east and west in general are known as geographical terms,it’s thought with both apparent and esoteric meanings in the changing,transforming and developing world.By departing with the principle which is “Geography is destiny.” , the functions associated with these phrases have been changed, by moving with the principle which is “Great minds think alike.” their  resemblances have also been witnessed. Here, Abu Hamed el-Gazzali and René Descartes who lived in different times and regions have been accepted as the best examples of this  situation. One of them became the evidence of al-Islam (hujjat al-Islam ) in the east world and the other one became extending the intellectual horizon of the  west world. The effort they presented in the constructing the civilizations of east and west have been making more sense day by day. Beside the point that they are the authorities applied frequently in today’s world, especially their intellectual contributions to addressing complex problems have made the curiosity to them more attractive. In this study it has been gone the intellectual comparision way by departing both thinker’s life stories,by moving their life-sustaining sayings

Keywords

Consideration, History, Geography, Civilization, Mind