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CONTENTS

I.
The Object Of Maimonides' Writings. The Commentary On The Mishnah. The Shemonah Peraḳim
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A. Maimonides' Ethical Writings — Definition of Ethics
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B. Name, Date, Description, and Contents of the Shemonah Peraḳim
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C. Samuel Ibn Tibbon as a Translator — His Translation of The Shemonah Peraḳim
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D. Description of Collated Material — General Remarks on the Text
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E. Manuscripts — Editions — Translations — Commentaries
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The Eight Chapters — Translation
 
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Chapter I — Concerning the Human Soul and its Faculties
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Chapter II — Concerning the Transgressions of the Faculties of the Soul, and the Designation of those Faculties which are the Seat of the Virtues and Vices
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Chapter III — Concerning the Diseases of the Soul
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Chapter IV — Concerning the Cure of the Diseases of the Soul
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Chapter V — Concerning the Application of Man's Psychic Faculties towards the Attainment of a Single Goal
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Chapter VI — Concerning the Difference between the Saintly or Temperamentally Ethical Man and him who Subdues his Passions and has Self-restraint
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Chapter VII — Concerning the Barrier between God and Man and its Signification
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Chapter VIII — Concerning the Natural Disposition of Man
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Index of Scriptural Passages
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Index of Quotations from the Talmud
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Critical Text and Notes of the Shemonah Peraḳim
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