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...that no one should possess anything as their own. They place justice in such a communion in three areas: in the human being, in the household, and in the city. The first is the principle of the second, and the second is the principle of the third. Pythagoras said that for cities and households, the first of all evils is pleasure original: oblectamentum, the second is wantonness, and the third is corruption. He introduces a second hope of justice, law-giving original: nomotheticam, which commands what ought to be done and notes what ought not to be done. For a ruler, nothing is more fundamental original: principalius than the judicial power. One part is like a doctor who cures those who are already sick; the other, looking far ahead, arranges and provides for the health of the soul before it falls ill.

The intellect sees all things, and hears all things, according to the Pythagoreans; other things are deaf and blind.

Friendship in all things

Pythagoras established friendship of many kinds: that of the gods toward humans through piety and scientific worship Referring to "scientific" as a systematic, ritualized religious practice; of doctrines toward one another; of the soul toward the body; and of the rational part of the soul toward the irrational part through philosophy and philosophical speculation. There is also a friendship of humans toward one another. Among citizens, it exists through sincere lawfulness. Among others, it exists through a right study of nature original: physiologiam. Between a man and a woman—whether as children, brothers, or other members of the household—it exists through an unchangeable communion.

In short, the friendship of humans toward all people exists, and even toward certain irrational animals, through justice and a natural connection and communion. The mortal body itself possesses a union of the contrary powers within it through health, rule, and temperance, which are ordered toward health according to the imitation of that concord which exists among the diverse elements of the world. Pythagoras commanded that we especially beware lest rivalry original: emulatio, implying a jealous or divisive competition or any provocation for victory in any matter fall between friends; lest suspicion intervene; and lest trust be broken. Most of all, he commanded that no lie be told. The Pythagoreans most strictly preserved a mutual consensus of mind and will, conspiring toward a union with the one Divine. Indeed, they used to preach...