Duties of the Heart

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Wisdom, the Highest Good

THE DUTIES OF THE HEART Wisdom, the Highest Good The supreme benefit, and the highest good bestowed by the Creator on human beings (after the gift of existence and the perfected faculties of perception and intelligence), is Wisdom. This, indeed, is the very life of their spirits. It is the lamp of their reason, which…

Duties of the Heart Chapter 2

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