Bayterek Uluslararası Akademik Araştırmalar Dergisi

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As the subject of philosophical thinking, man himself has to be a fundamental issue of philosophical thought. With which faculty does man perform the act of knowing and with which faculty he is included in the moral universe? An investigation into the ground of the intellectual and moral capacity of man as a knowing and acting being has continued to be the focus of attention since the beginning of philosophical thought. In the history of Islamic thought, the debates about the nature of man have been put forward in the context of the theories of the soul. The issue of soul, which has been handled in many disciplines from logic to speech, from philosophy to mysticism, has been discussed in relation to the concepts of spirit and mind. In addition to being a being that produces knowledge, the issue of being an entity oriented towards the country of morality is an important area of discussion about the nature of human being. It has to be important in terms of the history of thought to look closely at the approaches of Ghazali, who has achieved an exceptional position in the history of Islamic thought. The anthropological theory put forward by Ghazali, who developed an original system of thought, in the context of his theory of soul, continued its influence throughout the following ages. The present study focuses on the meanings and relationships of the concepts of spirit, soul and mind in Ghazali's thought system.