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acts toward attention. In the third place follows the principal πρότασις proposition, that one must perfectly consist in this doctrine, that is, one must constantly adhere to it. He has already proven constancy from the handling of the exordium, therefore he soon moves to the other limb of the proposition concerning the innocence of life. To which is annexed in the fourth place the κατασκευὴ confirmation, up to the end of the 1st chapter. At the beginning of the 2nd chapter is the renewal of the proposition concerning maintaining the innocence of life, which he infers as a πόρισμα corollary/deduction from what came before, and soon he strengthens his proposition with new reasons and arguments. In which he is occupied until verse 13, at which point he in a way leads the θέσιν thesis/general topic to the species, and shows by what duties obedience is to be declared toward the magistrate. Then how servants ought to honor their masters. In chapter 3 he pursues this same matter. For he still remembers economic duties