İsmail Fethi's views on spirit and morality

In this study, namely "İsmail Fethi's Views on Spirit and Morality", Ismail Fethi's views regarding spirit and morality, which we determined that have not been studied before, are discussed and those views of the author are attempted to be evaluated from the point of philosophy.The authors' view of spirit is examined in the frame of mind philosophy, while his view of morality is examined in the frame of moral philosophy. Since, in his views about spirit İsmail Fethi adopts dualistic approach, his views on that subject are compared with the primary dualistic philosophers'. The problems of dualistic spirit concept are mentioned and the problems of Ismail Fethi's view of spirit are pointed out. Moreover, as we identified that regarding his view of morality the author adopts sufi perspective, the position of his moral view in the Ottoman moral thought and in the sufi morality is tried to be determined.We can say that in his views, which we examined with the method depicted above, regarding his view of spirit, in particular, the author is affected from the scholars before him. We can also say that in some aspects these views contradict with the contemporary scientific and philosophic findings. About his view of morality, it can be said that rather than composing a certain system, he mentioned more on the individual morality matters. In parallel with the view of spirit which presumes sprit-body distinction, he barely went beyond the matter of purification of the soul. Thus, rather than revealing Ismail Fethi's new and original thoughts, the character of our study can be summarized as an evaluation of the thoughts of an unknown scholar and bringing his contribution in our contemporary thought.Key WordsIsmail FethiSpiritMorality,Mind Philosophy,Moral Philosophy.