POLICY BUREAU SAPIENTIAL DOCUMENT No. 001. JULY 19, 2020.

A BILL

To establish a moral and ethical philosophy.

Be it adjudged by the Policy Bureau of the People’s Body Politic, How good and how pleasant it is for friends to dwell together in union, when each extends a hand, embracing love and light, and speak truly of things on earth and in the hereafter; to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and teach the youth. How odd it is in a world of wrong to do what is right. Therefore, the self-made man is said to be his own past master.

SEC. 2. Regarding the Constitution of the Self, these are the elements constituting the self, and their meanings:

1. Soma: body; physic;
2. Nous: reason; logos, intellect; conscious mind;
3. Psyche: soul; heart; unconscious (ie the parts of the self of which the self is not conscious).

SEC. 3. The means, or method, by which the self applies abstract knowledge to practice is as follows:

Dialectic: (a) the process of making known what is unknown; (b) a philosophical method describing the discursive-rational-intuitive process by which oneself individualizes itself, which is to say, becomes aware of, or able to recognize, itself as an entity of and apart from its environs (mere animals being integrally a part of their environs without the self-awareness to chose otherwise). [See, SEC. 6]

SEC. 4. It is said, Great is Justice (Wr Maat); that is to say, of paramount importance is the concept of order, universal balance (harmony), cosmic regulation (of force-in-opposition), justice (justness), truth (materiality), truth-in-justice (equity), rectitude and moral uprightness (righteousness and good standing). Ma’at brings peace (hetep) and condemns crime (djayit) and evil (djut), for whosoever breaks the law (hepu) is punished (khsf). Surely that law is that which is articulated in truth (maa kheru). This is to say, the concept of Ma’at applies on:

1. The universal level, in which it expresses the harmony of the elements and bodies as clearly established, each in its right place as an ordered whole;
2. The political level, in which it expresses the pursuit of justice, equity, truth, and rightness in the dispensation of the law; and
3. The individual level, in which it expresses the rules for living in concert with moral principles of balance, harmony, and the golden rule, for the most accomplished, useful and appropriate human actions are circumscribed in the cosmological order.

SEC. 5. Regarding the Rules of Ma’at which apply to the individual, There are Seven Ethical Virtues, marks of Noble character, rich in Value as fine Jewels. The first three are ecclesiastical (See, 1 Corinthians 13:13) and the last four are cardinal (See, Niomachean Ethic of Aristotle and Republic of Plato Book IV, 426–435, etc.). They are:

1. Friendship, and Charity: to dwell together in union and extend a helping hand to those in need. Sign: hand in hand.
2. Love, and Hope: to treat others as oneself; to maintain hope in humanity. Sign: heart in hand.
3. Truth, and Faith: that which accords to reality; faith means to vouchsafe your trust in the process of divine nature. Sign: hand over eyes.
4. Temperance, or continentia: to exercise restraint; self control, self mastery; soundness of mind. Sign: hotep (peace offering) [Ii em Htp, Who Comes In Peace]; and
5. Fortitude, or fortitudo: to exercise courage and strength. Sign: djed (stabilizing column) [Djedi, Who Is Established].
6. Prudence, or prudentia: to exercise discernment; wisdom; Sophia; sapientia. Sign: wudjat (eye of providence) [Useer, Who Seeth Clearly]; and
7. Justice, or iustitia: to exercise equity and  righteousness; or that which concords with the law. Sign: ma’at (ostrich plume) [Maa’khru, Who Speaketh Truth].

SEC. 6. Regarding the Ethical Virtues of Maat, and their application in practice, the “dianoetic virtue” of critical thought entails development and progress as a result of some kind of learning process. This is to say, virtue can be taught as a subject of instruction. A teacher may focus the students attention by using proverbs and maxims. This moral system constitutes a scholarly discipline. It is a pedagogy of teaching, complete with a methodology for learning, that is, for processing information.

dianoetic (ˌdaɪənəʊˈɛtɪk)
adj

1. (Philosophy) of or relating to thought, esp to discursive reasoning rather than intuition.
2. relating to the operation of the mind through logical rather than intuitive thought processes; intellectual activity.
3. proceeding to a conclusion by reason or argument rather than intuition; (synonym) discursive.
4. (Philosophy) the rational investigation of questions about existence and knowledge and ethics.
5. (logical) capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; “a logical mind”.

[from Greek dianoētikos, from dianoia the thinking process, an opinion, from dia- + noein to think]

SEC. 7. A method (tep-heseb) is an abstract model of the correct procedure to be performed with regard to any matter in question, which is to say, the best example for demonstrating a logical process, or any other intellectual procedure, with exactitude. The method takes into account the best, correct procedure. Method involves the right way. It is said that thoughtful speech teaches the ignorant about knowledge, science, and the method of eloquence (tches seba khem er rehk tep-heseb en medet neferet). A synonym is algorithm; or knowledge in practice. Furthermore it is said, stick to the facts; do not exaggerate. In the last analysis, what prevails is Ma’at. Only the will of almighty God, ruler of the universe, comes to pass. The wishes of human beings do not always come true. Therefore man proposes, and God disposes. The disposition of any matter of nature is with God; but it is wise to control oneself by moderating ones heart.

SEC. 8. The body of god (netjer), whose members are all gods (netjeru), is like the body of the king (nesubity), whose members are an assembly of the bodies assembled therein. Now when the King — life prosperity and health (ankh wudja seneb) be upon him — assembles towns into districts and districts into nomes and nomes of the south with those of the north into one federation, its is like the great god who created himself out of the one who preceded him (Nun), and fashioned for himself his own members. The self-created god (kheper djesef) dwells in and over the divine nature (pautiu netjeru), as the sovereign king dwells in and over the state (per ah), his many members governing his many domains. It is said, the prime minister (tchaty, djedi) in the pharaonic (per ah) administrative establishment summons his children in order to teach them virtue. This love facilitates the dissemination of moral and spiritual instruction, whose mission is to do Ma’at on earth as it is in heaven.

SEC. 9. Let them go in and come out of the Land of the Blessed Dead (Duat) and join the Venerable Deified Ancestors (Aakhu) who ensure that the living practice Ma’at; and let the king come forth from the East and go into the Hall of the 42 Ma’at Deities which is presided over by Osiris (Wasir), Lord of the Two Ma’at Qualities, and let him be vindicated true of voice (maa kheru) by that Tribunal on the Day of his Judgment, to be found pure and at one with Osiris; he will Come In Peace (ii em hetep) and he will join that God at the Head of the Company of the Beloved Ancestors in the Blessed and Beautiful West (Amenti).

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