Historian of
philosophy (b. 1908, Thessaloniki - d. 15 August 1993, İstanbul). He attended
the İstanbul High Schools for Boys, and graduated from Istanbul University,
Faculty of Literature, Department of Philosophy (1932). After he had become a
research assistant in the department that he had graduated from, he received
his PhD at Berlin University to where he was sent (1935-40). When he returned,
he became an associate professor (1941) and professor (1949) and retired in
1978. Beside philosophy, he was involved with language studies and debates. He
defended the view “Those who are against New Turkish are against the Atatürk
Revolution”. He was the Chairman of the Turkish Religious Foundation for two
periods (1954-60, 1969-76). His articles and essays were published in the
reviews and newspapers, Felsefe Arkivi
(1949-72), Açılış (1952), Türk Dili (1952), Pınar (1964), Yeni Ufuklar (1966),
İstanbul Üniversitesi Bülteni (1978),
Bağlam (1981), Gösteri (1981-86) and Cumhuriyet.
WORKS (Essay-Research):
Kant ile Herder'in Tarih Anlayışları (Kant and
Herder’s Understanding of History, 1948), Die
Wirsencschaft von der Gasellschaft im System Hegels un Auguste Comtes (The
Systems of Hegel and Augusts Comte, 1960), Felsefe Tarihi (The History
of Philosophy, 1961; republished, 1980), Felsefe'nin
Evrimi (The Evolution of Philosophy, 1979), Değişen Dünya Değişen Dil (The Changing World, the Changing
Language, 1980), Aydınlanma Felsefesi,
Devrimler ve Atatürk (Enlightening Philosophy, Revolutions and Atatürk, 1983).
