{"collection":"Judaism","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/jud/doth/index.htm","path":"jud/doth/index.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/jud/doth/index.htm","text":"| | The Duties of the Heart by Rabbi Bachye, tr. by Edwin Collins [1909] | \n \n \n \n \n Contents\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n Start Reading\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n Page Index\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n Text [Zipped]\n \n \n \n This slim volume translates from the Rabbi Bachye,\n who wrote one of the first systematic treatments of philosophical Ethics\n in 12th century Spain.\n This was during a period of Jewish intellectual cross-fertilization\n with Islamic culture.\n Although Bachye was an orthodox Rabbi, he treats Ethics\n (the Duties of the Heart, in his words) as a universal science,\n derived from first principles such as the belief in God.\n This short book also runs very deep.\n \n \n According to the introduction to this book, this was the first text to be\n published in the Wisdom of the East series.\n So if you collect these you might want to be on the watch for\n copies of this specific volume.\n The particular edition we ended up using is a second printing, but there is\n no reason to suggest that it had any differences with the first edition.\n \n \n \n Title Page\n Editorial Note\n Introduction\n Wisdom, the Highest Good\n Seek no Reward but Wisdom's Self\n The Gates of Knowledge\n The Ethics of the Body and the Ethics of the Soul\n Examples of Duties of the Heart\n The Duties of the Heart are more Important than any others\n The Dual Duty of the Dual Man\n All Conduct is Conditioned by the Heart\n The Duties of the Heart are for every Time and Place\n Endless Virtues Spring from those of the Heart\n The Duty of Using Reason: and of Taking No Dogma On Trust\n Faith without Knowledge\n Belief in the Existence of One Creator as the Basis of Ethics\n The Only True Unity\n The Examination of Creation Shows the Goodness of the Creator\n Free Will and Providence\n Gratitude to God and Man\n Gratitude is due for Good Intentions\n The Motives of Human Benevolence\n Man's Obligation of Gratitude to God\n The Motive Forces that Impel Man to Grateful Service\n The Whole of Human Conduct Belongs to the Domain of Ethics\n The Danger of Pride and Self-Righteousness\n The Danger of Pride\n Humility, True and False\n The Signs and Consequences of True Humility\n Humility and Egotism\n Aids to the Cultivation of Humility\n The Charity of the Meek\n Consistent Humility and Sincerity\n Where Humility is Sin\n The Hall Marks of the Meek\n The Pride Consistent with Humility\n Humility as a Worldly Advantage\u2014Contentment\n The Proper Study of Mankind is Man\n Of Trust in God\n Keeping Account with the Soul\n Contemplation Leading to Communion with God\n The Gate of Love\n The Right Study of Nature Leads to Nature's God\n What is Repentance?\n The Motives to Repentance\n On the Possibility of Repentance\n Habits of those that love God\n Advertisements","title":"The Duties of the Heart Index","type":"page"}