Q&A: Serving out of Love?!
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Serving out of Love?!
Question
Maimonides defines “one who does the truth because it is true” as “one who serves out of love.” And I had trouble with that. What is the connection between the two ideas? On the face of it, this is intellect and that is emotion. If I were to put it differently, this (truth) is religiosity, and that is personal motivation.
Answer
See here:
https://mikyab.net/posts/810
and at greater length here:
https://mikyab.net/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%9D/%D7%9E%D7%A9%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%AA-%D7%9C%D7%A8%D7%92%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA-%D7%91%D7%94%D7%9C%D7%9B%D7%94