Ivernian Church of Alberta

Respecting Knowledge:

Twig

 

  1. Three kinds of knowledge:
    1. the nature of each thing
    2. the cause of each thing
    3. the influence of each thing.
  2. There are three springs of knowledge:
    1. reason
    2. phenomenon
    3. necessity.
  3. Three things must a person do who desires to learn:
    1. listen intently
    2. contemplate intently
    3. be silent continually.
  4. Three teachers of humankind:
    1. one is event, that is from seeing and hearing
    2. the second is intelligence, and that comes from reflection and meditation
    3. the third is genius, individual, a gift from the Mighty Ones.
  5. Three gains of those who heed the advisements of the Old Ones:
    1. illumination
    2. wisdom
    3. clarity.
  6. Three instructions not wise to believe:
    1. what a person imparts in support of what is for their own profit and success
    2. what one imparts with hatred to another
    3. what a person wise in their own eyes imparts.
  7. The three qualifications of poetry:
    1. endowment of genius
    2. judgment from experience
    3. happiness of mind.
  8. The three foundations of Judgement:
    1. bold design
    2. frequent practice
    3. frequent mistakes.
  9. The three foundations of learning:
    1. seeing much
    2. studying much
    3. suffering much.
  10. The three foundations of thought:
    1. perspicuity
    2. amplitude
    3. preciseness.
  11. The three canons of perspicuity:
    1. the word that is necessary
    2. the quantity that is necessary
    3. the manner that is necessary.
  12. The three canons of amplitude: appropriate thought, variety of thought, and requisite thought.
  13. There are three things which strengthen the mind and reason:
    1. seeing much
    2. reflecting much
    3. enduring much.
  14. Three resources of human kind:
    1. intelligence
    2. love
    3. prayer.

Contents
1. Preface 22. Respecting The Bad Home
2. An Omnium Gatherum 23. Pertaining To The Fili'
3. Respecting Excellence 24. Pertaining To Contracts And Agreements
4. Respecting The Conscientious Person 26. Good Health And Bad
5. Respecting The Rewards Of Excellence 27. Advisements Of Prudence
6. Origins Of Wrong Doing 28. Respecting The Order Of Nature
7. Respecting Those Gone Amiss 29. Respecting The Nature Of Humankind
8. The Profits Of Those Who Have Gone Amiss 30. Respecting Action
9. Respecting Wealth And Poverty 31. Respecting Knowledge
10. Miscellaneous Wisdom 32. Respecting Wisdom
11. The Order Of Society 33. Respecting Those Who Are Wise
12. The Underpinnings Of Society 34. Respecting The Fool And Their Inanity
13. The Banes Of Society 35. Respecting Wisdom Applied
14. Respecting Land And Husbandry 36. Respecting Ambitions And The Roads To Success
15. The Respectable Citizen 37. Respecting Friendship
16. The Nocuous Citizen 38. Respecting Happiness
17. Respecting Legacies 39. Respecting Philosophy
18. Monitorial Advisements 40. Respecting Warriors
19. Manifold Blessings And Beneficence 41. Respecting The True Human
20. Respecting Etiquette 42. Respecting Spirituality
21. Respecting The Good Home  
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