Konsep Intelegensi Manusia dalam Pemikiran al-Ghazali dan al-Farabi

Al-Ghazali and Al-Farabi are both Muslim figures who have a concern for psychology, especially their thoughts about intelligence. The thoughts of both are interesting to discuss because they have almost the same background in the field of philosophy and Sufism so that the approach in this study is used comparative studies with the object of discussion focused on the thoughts of the two figures. Al-Ghazali and Al-Farabi were two great figures in the world of philosophy and Sufism, besides that they also discussed several psychological theories, especially regarding the theory of intelligence. The results of this study found that there were several similarities and differences regarding the intelligence theory of Al-Ghazali and Al-Farabi, among them, both of which assume that rational souls are the highest position, according to al-Ghazali the soul that occupies the highest level is rational soul (al-aql) which is only possessed by humans. whereas the reason in al-Farabi's philosophical thinking occupies a special place as the base of his epistemology, including the philosophy of metaphysics that is related to creation.