Saliev Aziz (1925),
Candidate of Philosophical Sciences, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (1993), Laureate of the State Prize of the Kyrgyz Republic in the field of science and technology (2002)
Kyrgyz. Born in the village of Ton, Ton District, Issyk-Kul Region.
Graduated from the Faculty of Philology of the Kyrgyz State Pedagogical Institute (1947).
Worked as head of the department at the party school of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kyrgyzstan, chairman of the Union of Writers of Kyrgyzstan, head of the sector, director, head of the department of the Institute of Philosophy and Law of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, and since 1999 - Vice-President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic.
Specialist in the field of philosophy and aesthetics.
Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor and medals of the USSR.
Honored Worker of Science of the Kyrgyz SSR (1985).
Published more than 150 scientific works, including 10 monographs.
Main works:
1. Life in Verses. Frunze, Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz SSR, 1962.
2. What is Thought. Frunze, "Ilim", 1972.
3. Thinking as a System. Frunze, "Ilim", 1974.
4. Human Psychology and Art. Frunze, "Kyrgyzstan", 1979.
5. The World of Mind and the Essence of the Mind. Frunze, "Mektep", 1981.