Al farabi is considered one of the largest Muslim
philosophers, and his contemporaries called him “ the second teacher ’’ because
of his great interest in work of Aristotle “ the first teacher ’’ , and its
interpretation. One of his characteristics is that he tried to reconcile
between the philosophy of Aristotle and that of Plato from one hand, and
between religion and philosophy from the other hand. (http://www.mawhopon.net/?p=4333) . Regarding
education, he considered it as one of the most important social phenomena. The aim of this education
to prepare individuals into perfection since they are prepared to this. He
combined learning with practical action and he considered that applications are
important to understand ideas. Al farabi considered that the teacher should
have a good character and seeks truth in all conditions. For educating the
people, virtuous people shall be employed and trained in the logical arts. In
his opinion. The teaching profession should be adopted voluntarily without any
obligation and should be able to demonstrate. (Rauf, Ahmad, & Iqbal, 2013)
Al
farabi was the first Muslim philosopher who classified the sciences and
learning. For al farabi, learning must start with the languages and its
structures. The foundation for all other kinds of knowledge is because of
mastery of common language. Al farabi was well aware of importance of language.
Next to language comes logic, which is the instrument of sciences and their
methodology. It gives sound reflection to science. It is also closely related
to language. The Arabic word for” logic’’ is mantiq which include the verbal
expression of intellectual process. This is why, in al- Farabi’s opinion,
language comes before rules to enrich the mind. (Rauf, Ahmad, & Iqbal, 2013)
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