Identifying and Explaining the Obstacles to Intellectual Education from Ibn Sina's Perspective

Intellectual education cultivates the power of reason. Intellect plays a crucial role in reasoning, analysis, and combining information within the education system. Therefore, this article aims to identify and explain the obstacles to rational education from Ibn Sina's perspective, proposing educational solutions to address them within the education system. The research employs a qualitative method with the Claysey model for data analysis. Data collection involved analyzing books, descriptions, and articles on Avicenna's views. Ibn Sina defines intellectual education as cultivating the intellectual power to reach divine proximity. By understanding and overcoming obstacles, this approach strengthens the educated mind. The article identifies these obstacles within three axes: cognitive, attitudinal, and practical. The cognitive axis includes elements like illusion, conflict with truth, sensory disorder, and emotional outbursts. The attitudinal axis encompasses components such as difficulty distinguishing good from bad (virtues and vices), anger, rage, lack of pure intention, and dependence on worldly affairs. Finally, the practical axis includes elements like disobeying God's commandments, satanic temptations, excessive desires (greed), and lust. Following the description of each element, the article proposes new educational solutions to address these obstacles to rational education.