{"product_id":"loa-the-sentences-of-sextus","title":"The Sentences of Sextus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if the hardest thing to govern is not your world, but your own anger, hunger and tongue?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sentences of Sextus is a collection of brief sayings about how a wise person thinks, speaks, eats, owns things and prays. Its author is unknown. Drawing on Pythagorean thought and early Christian teaching, it presents the sage as both wise and faithful, seeking a calm, disciplined, God-centred life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is no plot to follow and no long argument to untangle. Instead, each instruction asks you to pause over a choice: whether to speak, how to handle anger, what to keep and what to release. Its central concerns include self-mastery, truthful speech, possessions, the body and the spiritual ideal of becoming like God.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eInside this book\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMastery begins within\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore teachings that locate the deepest struggle in anger, greed and the passions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe weight of words\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider why these sayings treat speech as a power that can build or ruin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA lighter hold\u003c\/strong\u003e – Reflect on warnings about possessions and the heart’s attachment to things that cannot last.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWisdom joined to faith\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet the ideal of a sage whose discipline belongs to a life centred on God.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne saying at a time\u003c\/strong\u003e – Pause over brief instructions on eating, praying and the choices that shape a disciplined life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to ancient wisdom, early Christian history and the roots of Western self-discipline, who enjoy pondering one saying at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now, and give the first saying room to make you think.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"eBook","offer_id":58111222481244,"sku":"LOA-77-EB","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":58111222514012,"sku":"LOA-77-AU","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":58113779171676,"sku":"LOA-77-PB","price":5.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/77.jpg?v=1781944956","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/de\/products\/loa-the-sentences-of-sextus","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}