The Role of Reason in Bahya and Maimonides.(Bahya ibn Paquda)(Critical Essay)

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Bahya ibn Paquda, in his work The Duties of the Heart, and Maimonides, barely a century later, in his Guide of the Perplexed, proclaim that the highest worship is the intellectual comprehension of God. Only by means of this knowledge can man serve Him "with all his heart and with all his soul." These works were expressly written for the perplexed of their generation, and although both grant a superior status to intellect, they differ in the intents and purposes each assigns to reason. This is evident in the manner of their presentations. Bahya's work is written in a ...

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