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6. Right
Moderation – Sec. 35.
Accustom thyself to a way of living that is neat and decent without luxury. Sec. 9. Know that all these things are
as I have told thee; and accustom thyself to overcome and vanquish these passions:--
10. First gluttony, sloth, sensuality, and anger.
7. Right
Reflection – Sec. 40. Never
suffer sleep to close thy eyelids, after thy going to bed.; Sec.
41. Till thou hast examined by thy reason all thy actions of the day.
8. Right
Forgiveness – Sec. 7. Avoid
as much as possible hating thy friend for a slight fault.
9. Right
Contemplation – Sec. 48. But
never begin to set thy hand to any work, till thou hast first prayed the gods to accomplish what thou art going to
begin. Sec. 45. Practise thoroughly all these things; meditate on them well; thou oughtest to love them with all
thy heart.
10.
Right
View – Sec. 54. Thou
wilt likewise know, that men draw upon themselves their own misfortunes voluntarily, and of their own free choice.
Sec.
55. Unhappy that they are! They neither see nor understand that their good is near them.
11.
Right
Thinking – Sec. 21. There
are among men many sorts of reasonings, good and bad; Sec.
22. Admire them not too easily, nor reject them. Sec.
23. But if falsehoods be advanced, hear them with mildness, and arm thyself with patience.
Sec.
24. Observe well, on every occasion, what I am going to tell thee:--Sec.
25. Let no man either by his words, or by his deeds, ever seduce thee. Sec.
26. Nor entice thee to say or to do what is not profitable for thyself.. 68. Make a just
distinction of them, and examine all things well.
12.
Right Love and
Wisdom -
Sec. 5. Of all the rest of mankind, make him thy friend who
distinguishes himself by his virtue. Sec. 18. Sextus
- The foundation of piety is continence; but the summit of piety
is the love of God
Pythagoras
of Samos (580 BC- 495BC) was an Ionian Greek philosopher, mathematician, and founder of the
metaphysical-spiritual movement called Pythagoreanism. In the sixth
century BC, Pherekydes of Syros, the reputed teacher of Pythagoras and contemporary of Thales and Anaximander
(born 610 BC), wrote a book about the birth of the gods and the origin of the cosmos. Considered one of the
first prose works of Greek literature, Pherekydes' book survives only in fragments while the teachings of Pythagoras permeat all scientific and spiritual boundaries.
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