___________________________________________________________  Murat Öner Çankırı Karatekin Üniversitesi, İnsan ve Toplum Bilimleri Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü 18100, Çankırı, Türkiye biomuratoner@gmail.com  İnan Kalaycıoğulları Ankara Üniversitesi, Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi, Felsefe Bölümü 06100, Ankara, Türkiye ikalayci@ankara.edu.tr Beytulhikme An International Journal of Philosophy Beytulhikme Int J Phil 14 ( 4 ) 2024 Doi: 10.29228/beytulhikme.78005 Research Article: 1265-1294 ___________________________________________________________ N. C. Paulescu’nun Physiologie Philosophique: Finalité, matérialisme, âme et Dieu Adlı Eserinin Ankaralı Ali Rıza Tarafından Yapılan Kısmi Tercümesi: Felsefe-i Hayâtiyye Yâhûd İsbât-ı Vâcib ___________________________________________________________ A Partial Translation of N. C. Paulescu's Physiologie Philosophique: Fi- nalité, matérialisme, âme et Dieu by Ankaralı Ali Rıza: Felsefe-i Hayâtiyye Yâhûd İsbât-ı Vâcib MURAT ÖNER Çankırı Karatekin University İNAN KALAYCIOĞULLARI AnkaraUniversity Received: 21.08.2024Accepted: 29.12.2024 Abstract: Questions about what life is and the nature of life have been among the most important questions from the very first moment that human beings started to question themselves and the world. The answers to these questions have changed over time and were first addressed within the boundaries of phi- losophy, and then, in the second half of the nineteenth century, with the emer- gence of biology as an independent science, they were placed on a scientific basis. N. C. Paulescu was a scientist who came to the fore at the beginning of the twen- tieth century with his thoughts on life. He gave three lectures on the subject at the University of Bucharest, which were published as Physiologie Philosophique: Finalité, matérialisme, âme et Dieu. Ankaralı Ali Rıza translated the first two lectures of this work into Turkish shortly afterwards and published them as a serialised in Sırat-ı Müstakim. Although he planned to translate the third lecture, he could not realise this plan. In this article first discusses the identity of Anka- ralı Ali Rıza and the reasons why he translated Paulescu's work, then briefly in- troduces Paulescu and his works, and finally discusses the ideas in Physiologie Philosophique: Finalité, matérialisme, âme et Dieu through Ankaralı Ali Rıza's partial translation. Keywords: Philosophy of Biology, N. C. Paulescu, Ankaralı Ali Rıza, Sırat-ı Müstakim.