The two conceptions “the Eastern” and “the Western” have been known for several recent decades. The Eastern is used to show the area of the sunrise, including Asian countries - the civilizations in the valleys of Nile River, Ganges River and Yellow River (Huang He River); whereas, the Western is used to show Western European countries such as England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Spain etc., but not all the rest countries of the world. | Eastern Wisdom and Western Philosophy . EASTERN WISDOM AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY SEVERAL COMPARATIVE POINTS NGUYEN HUNG HAU * Abstract: The two conceptions “the Eastern” and “the Western” have been known for several recent decades. The Eastern is used to show the area of the sunrise, including Asian countries - the civilizations in the valleys of Nile River, Ganges River and Yellow River (Huang He River); whereas, the Western is used to show Western European countries such as England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Spain etc., but not all the rest countries of the world. There are a lot of differences between the Eastern wisdom and the Western philosophy, due to particular social features in each area in terms of the approach, nature, objectives, objects, methods of awareness, ways to reach the truth, intelligence, knowledge, relationships between subject and object, means of consciousness, development ways, and dialectics as well. Key words: Philosophy, wisdom, Eastern, Western. The East - West concept has been known for just several centuries. The Eastern world is used to show the area of the sunrise, including Asian countries - the civilizations in the valleys of Nile River, Ganges River and Yellow River. Thus, the East concisely and basically consists of Egypt (including mainly Arabic countries at present), India and China. In the meanwhile, the Western world is used to show Western European countries such as England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Portugal, Spain etc., but not all the rest countries of the world. Consequently, we can see that almost all religions started in the East. Karl Marx did realize this, when he argued that India specifically and the East generally were the very religious cradle of mankind; and, the history of the East had the form of history of religions. Philosophy and wisdom are types of ideology in the superstructure. They are determined by infrastructure and social existence. What are differences in the social .
