The Lores of Hierocles
Numbered commandments for good living (for self and community), cross-referenced to supporting casework.
LORE I
Sensation is the physiological gateway to evaluation, beginning at the boundary of birth.
LORE II
An animal must maintain active, continuous awareness of its own constitution and physical capabilities.
LORE III
Value and preserve your psychophysical constitution, for the soul and body are totally intermingled.
LORE IV
Continuous self-perception is the natural, empirical starting point of all value.
LORE V
Primary self-love is the indispensable anchor of all subsequent moral development.
LORE VI
Procreate and rear children, as marriage is the foundational community of the cosmos.
LORE VII
Perform a contraction of the concentric circles of concern, drawing external relations inward.
LORE VIII
Honor and care for parents with the gratitude due to household gods.
LORE IX
Love siblings as co-constituent parts of your own physical body.
LORE X
Extend goodwill to the entire human race, recognizing a shared cosmic reason and divine paternity.