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Title: J. C. Lavater's Sittenbüchlein für das Gesinde
Note: Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Katrin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http: //books.google.com)
Summary: "J. C. Lavater's Sittenbüchlein für das Gesinde" by Johann Caspar Lavater is a didactic text written in the 18th century. The book serves as a guide for servants, promoting Christian values and ethics in their conduct towards their masters and in their lives. The likely topic revolves around moral behavior, duties of servitude, and the cultivation of virtues necessary for a harmonious relationship between servants and their employers. In this work, Lavater emphasizes the importance of humility, obedience, and integrity for servants, urging them to view their roles as divinely ordained and significant. The text offers practical advice on how to serve faithfully and with respect, encompassing aspects of personal conduct such as honesty, diligence, and maintaining decorum in the presence of their masters. Lavater calls for a spirit of love and compassion in service, encouraging servants to find joy in their duties and to seek spiritual fulfillment through their work. Ultimately, the Sittenbüchlein is a plea for dignity and ethical consideration for both servants and their employers, framed within a Christian moral context. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
EBook No.: 44036
Published: Oct 25, 2013
Downloads: 42
Language: German
Subject: Household employees -- Conduct of life
LoCC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: J. C. Lavater's Sittenbüchlein für das Gesinde
Note: Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits: E-text prepared by Katrin and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http: //www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by the Google Books Library Project (http: //books.google.com)
Summary: "J. C. Lavater's Sittenbüchlein für das Gesinde" by Johann Caspar Lavater is a didactic text written in the 18th century. The book serves as a guide for servants, promoting Christian values and ethics in their conduct towards their masters and in their lives. The likely topic revolves around moral behavior, duties of servitude, and the cultivation of virtues necessary for a harmonious relationship between servants and their employers. In this work, Lavater emphasizes the importance of humility, obedience, and integrity for servants, urging them to view their roles as divinely ordained and significant. The text offers practical advice on how to serve faithfully and with respect, encompassing aspects of personal conduct such as honesty, diligence, and maintaining decorum in the presence of their masters. Lavater calls for a spirit of love and compassion in service, encouraging servants to find joy in their duties and to seek spiritual fulfillment through their work. Ultimately, the Sittenbüchlein is a plea for dignity and ethical consideration for both servants and their employers, framed within a Christian moral context. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801
EBook No.: 44036
Published: Oct 25, 2013
Downloads: 42
Language: German
Subject: Household employees -- Conduct of life
LoCC: Social sciences: Economic history and conditions, Production
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.