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From the original Arabic version of Bahya Ben Joseph Ibn Paquda's al-Hidaya ila Fara'id al-Qulub. Introd., trans. and notes by Menahem Mansoor, Sara Arenson, and Shoshana Dannhauser. 1973. 480 p. Bibliog. One of the most important works of Jewish philosophy and ethics, composed in the early 12th century. The author was very much influenced by the neo-Platonism of his age, as well as by the Muslim mystical ideas of the Sufis.