Principles of Rational Education In Farabi's Thought

Despite the significant role of rationality in Farabi’s philosophy, no comprehensive research has been conducted to explain the principles of rational education explaining his ideas.  This research is intended to explain the principles of rational education in terms of its objectives according to Farabi’s thought. Employing Franken’s deductive method, the researchers explained the concepts of the research first. Then, they subdivided the themes into distinct categories and identified the realistic philosophical propositions.  Finally, the principles of ritual education were identified from Farabi’s point of view. The results revealed that the principles of rational education in the domain of theoretical rationality included training, guidance, the necessity of education, and rationality. In the ​​practical rationality, it included principles of readiness, trainability, responsiveness (individual agents), cooperation and gradualism.