The Eight Chapters of Maimonides on Ethics - Shemonah Perakim: A Psychological And Ethical Treatise

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See Catalogo di Opere Ebraiche Greche Latine ed Italiane stampate dai Celebri Tipografi Soncini ne' Secoli XV e XVI, Compilato da Gaetana Zaccaria Antonucci, p. 113; Steinschneider, Supplementum Catalogi libr. hebr.in Biblioth. Bodleiana, in Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen (Leipzig, 1894), Vol. XI, p. 486, and JE., vol. VI, p. 578, art. Incunabula. On the appropriateness of מורה נבוכים‎ as a translation of the Arabic title Dalālat al Hāʾirīn ( דלאלה̈ אלחאירין‎), see HUb., p. 418. Maimonides himself was of the opinion that הוראת הנבוכים‎ would be preferable. See also Kaufmann, Attrib., p. 363, and n. 1; and especially Munk, Guide, Note sur le Titre de cet Ouvrage, at beginning of Vol. I; and II, pp. 379–380. I was expecting good things from Eight Dates, and boy did it deliver. The book is divided into eight sections, one for each date. The dates cover eight of the most meaningful, important, and, often, contentious topics that couples deal with: trust and commitment, conflict, sex, money, family, fun and adventure, growth and spirituality, and dreams. Before the dates are introduced, an intro gives characteristics of successful marriages, as well as advice on how to have an intimate conversation and how to listen.

The nutritive part of the soul has seven powers, or properties: (1) the power of attraction ( המושך‎); (2) the power of retention ( המחזיק‎); (3) the power of digestion ( המעכל‎); (4) the power of repelling superfluities ( הדוחה למותרות‎); (5) the power of growth ( המגדל‎); (6) the power of propagation ( המוליד בדומה‎), and (7) the power of differentiation between the nutritive humors ( ליחות‎) and those to be repelled. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Jak. Mantino (A. in Tortosa) Octo Capita R. Mosis Maimonidis ... in versione latina, etc. Bologna, 1526. 4°. See Fürst, loc. cit.; HUb., p. 438. The official running time for this version is 187 minutes, so a full 20 more than the mainstream theatrical lame-o digital cut. The shorter version was, until now, the only one available on home video or Netflix. This differential represents more than just the musical sections. Reddit scholars have put together that there are also a few moments that were present in the roadshow version. (Without a later release, it took some piecing together from the collective fanboy memory.)

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At the end of the book Knoll offers several ideas for further reading, organized by chapter. So if any of the topics of the eight chapters particularly strikes your interest you can learn more. Helpfully, each chapter’s further readings are broken into “accessible readings” and “more technical references”. Munk, Mélanges, p. 323; HUb., p. 415; M. Guttmann, Das religionsphil. System der Mutakallimun nach d. Berichte Maimon (Leipzig, 1885); D. Kaufmann, op. cit., pp. 339–340. Cf. H. Deot, "VI, 1, "The natural disposition of the human mind occasions man to be influenced in his opinions and actions by those with whom he associates, and his conduct to be dependent on that of his friends and countrymen".

In his Preface to the translation of the Commentary on Abot, I. T. refers to them as והפרקים אשר הקדים הרב וכ‎. See p. 22, n. 1. The translators of the Mishnah Commentary seem to have had only one copy from which they all translated. Geiger, Moses ben Maimon, p. 83, n. 43. The grammar and word usage it clear and concise, but some of the knowledge about crafting and making things is a bit technical, but the author tries to explain it in his notes, which is appreciated. I have learned a lot about the tools which only adds another facet to an interesting story. The virtue which I. T. explains here, owing to the inadequacy of the Hebrew terms, is the one which Aristotle calls magnificence (I. T.'s טוב לב‎). The excess is want of taste or vulgar profusion ( יתרון טוב הלבב‎), and the defect paltriness ( הגבלה‎). See Eth. Nic., loc. cit. According to Aristotle, magnificence is a higher kind of liberality ( גדיבות‎), and consists of the spending of money on a grand scale, with taste and propriety. It is prompted by a desire for what is noble, concerning itself with the services of religion, public works, and so forth. The vulgar man, whose object is ostentation, offends with excessive splendor, while the mean man, on the other hand, through timidity and constant fear of expense, even though he does expend large amounts, mars the whole effect by some petty characteristic of meanness ( ibid., IV, 2). I. T. has, accordingly, incorrectly explained the terms גבלה ,לב מוב‎, and יתרון טוב הלבב‎. b. German.—In the editions of (1) Vienna, 1798; (2) Haas, Basel, 1804; (3) Salomon, Dessau, 1809; (4) Wolff, Leipzig, 1863 and Leiden, 1903, from the Arabic; (5) Wolf, Lemberg, 1876; (6) by M. Rawicz, in Kommentar des Maimonides zu den Sprüchen der Vater, ins Deutsche übertragen, 1910, pp. 1-47. Portions of chapters I and VIII are translated by Beer, in R. Moses ben Maimon.