Eastern and Western Philosophies

The paper is focused on interaction of Eastern and Western philosophies from epoch of Hellenism to our days Special attention is paid to role of Eastern areas (Sasanid Iran, Cebtral Asia, Cordoba caliphate, countries of Magrib)in the keeping of Ancient Greek texts and rationalist traditions during Middle Ages in the Christian West Europe.The centrifugal character of the tendencies of Western and Eastern philosophical systems, as well as their distinctiveness, is only one of the sides of the development of philosophy Another, no less important side concerns how Western and Eastern cultures have been periodically bound, thus bringing about the corresponding interaction of philosophical ideas within various cultural areas.