Beliefs have consequences

This is from the Meditations as quoted by John Sellars in his book, The Art of Living , These three thoughts keep always ready to hand: First, in what you do that you act not without purpose otherwise that Right itself would have done [...] The second, to remember the nature of each individual from his conception to his first breath until he gives back the breath of life [...] The third, to realize that if you could be suddenly caught up into the air and could look down upon human life and all its variety you would disdain it [...] Sellars goes on to say that these three connect to the three divisions of Stoic philosophy. "The first is concerned with actions and impulses and corresponds to 'ethics'." The second, meanwhile, "is concerned with the true nature of individuals and corresponds to 'physics'." Finally, "the third is concerned with the analysis of impressions and value judgments and thus corresponds to 'logic'." At ...