philosophical work Sefer HaHibbur, "The Book of Compilation."

Neoplatonism

He often followed the method of the anonymously-authored "Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity'" .

Bahya, inclined to contemplative mysticism and asceticism, eliminated from his system every element that he felt might obscure monotheism or interfere with halakha. He wanted to present a religious system that was at once lofty and pure and in full accord with reason.

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