Bahya ibn Paquda

Bahya ibn Paquda (also: Pakuda.) Full name: Bahyna ben Joseph ibn Pakuda

Ibn Paquda was a rabbi and philosopher who lived at Saragossa, Spain, in the first half of the eleventh century. He was the author of the first Jewish system of ethics, written in Arabic in 1040 under the title "Al Hidayah ila Faraid al-hulub" (Guide to the Duties of the Heart), and translated into Hebrew by Judah ibn Tibbon in the years 1161-80 under the title "Hovot ha-Levavot" (Instruction in the Duties of the Heart).