3. CROSS-REFERENCE GUIDE

## **3. CROSS-REFERENCE GUIDE**

**Logical Dependencies and Connections Between Terms**

### **ARCHITECTURE OF THE GUIDE**

This guide shows:

1. **Foundational Dependencies** - Which terms must be understood before others

2. **Functional Clusters** - Terms that work together as operational units

3. **Tier-to-Tier Connections** - How concepts flow through the system

4. **Critical Pathways** - Essential sequences for understanding practice

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### **A. FOUNDATIONAL DEPENDENCIES**

**Terms That Ground Other Terms**

#### **Tier 10 → All Other Tiers**

The metaphysical foundation supports everything:

**401. Substance-Dualism** →

- Enables: 33 (Internal-External-Distinction), 402 (Mind-Body-Distinction), 458 (World-Self-Division)

- Grounds: The entire dichotomy of internals vs. externals

- **Why:** Without substance dualism, the internal-external division is merely pragmatic, not ontological

**435. Libertarian-Freedom** →

- Enables: 2 (Assent), 7 (Prohairesis), 431 (Choice-Freedom), 437 (Moral-Agency)

- Grounds: All moral responsibility

- **Why:** If will isn't free, there's no basis for moral accountability

**446-447. Moral-Realism** →

- Enables: 27 (Internal-Good), 29 (Internal-Evil), 31 (Intrinsic-Value)

- Grounds: All value judgments

- **Why:** If moral properties aren't real, internalism collapses into subjectivism

**448-449. Ethical-Intuitionism** →

- Enables: 8 (Reason), 451 (Reason-Authority), 77 (Truth-Comparison)

- Grounds: How we know moral truths

- **Why:** Explains epistemic access to moral reality

**450. Foundationalism** →

- Enables: 96 (Reality-Alignment), 455 (Truth-Correspondence)

- Grounds: Structure of knowledge

- **Why:** Prevents infinite regress in justification

**455. Truth-Correspondence** →

- Enables: 69 (Reality-Check), 91 (Correct-Assent), 444 (Truth-Recognition)

- Grounds: Relationship between judgment and world

- **Why:** Defines what makes assent correct

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#### **Tier 1 → All Operational Tiers (2-9)**

Core faculties enable all practice:

**1. Phantasia (Impression)** →

- Enables: ALL of Tier 3 (Examination), 61 (Appearance-Recognition), 100 (Impression-Completion)

- Required for: Every cognitive operation

- **Why:** No cognition without impressions

**2. Sunkatathesis (Assent)** →

- Enables: 3 (Impulse), 91-92 (Correct/Incorrect-Assent), 78 (Assent-Delay), 93 (Assent-Habit)

- Required for: All judgment, emotion, action

- **Why:** Assent is the switch that activates everything else

**7. Prohairesis (Choice)** →

- Enables: 21 (Internal-Domain), 41 (Internal-Ownership), 431-434 (Choice-terms)

- Required for: Moral agency, freedom, virtue

- **Why:** Prohairesis IS the self in Stoic psychology

**6. Krisis (Judgment)** →

- Enables: 27 (Internal-Good), 29 (Internal-Evil), 66 (Value-Detection)

- Required for: All evaluation

- **Why:** Judgment assigns value, creating the moral landscape

**8. Logos (Reason)** →

- Enables: 17 (Self-Command), 451-454 (Reason-terms), 96 (Reality-Alignment)

- Required for: All correct operations

- **Why:** Reason is the normative standard

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#### **Tier 2 → Operational Tiers (3-9)**

The dichotomy structures all practice:

**33. Internal-External-Distinction** →

- Enables: 68 (Internal-External-Test), 49 (Domain-Clarity), 58 (Internal-Orientation)

- Required for: All examination, all discipline

- **Why:** Without this distinction, desire/aversion go to wrong objects

**21. Internal-Domain** & **22. External-Domain** →

- Enable: 23-24 (Spheres), 25-26 (Action/Event), 27-29 (Good/Evil/Indifferent)

- Required for: Understanding what's up to us

- **Why:** Define the two regions of reality

**49. Domain-Clarity** →

- Enables: 50 (Domain-Alignment), 58 (Internal-Orientation)

- Required for: Correct desire/aversion placement

- **Why:** Can't align with internals if you can't see the boundary

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### **B. FUNCTIONAL CLUSTERS**

**Terms That Operate Together as Units**

#### **CLUSTER 1: The Examination Sequence (Tier 3)**

This is the step-by-step process for handling impressions:

**Stage 1: Recognition**

- 61 (Appearance-Recognition) → 62 (Appearance-Separation) → 63 (Neutral-Observation)

- **Function:** Create cognitive distance from impression

**Stage 2: Content Extraction**

- 64 (Content-Extraction) → 65 (Proposition-Identification) → 66 (Value-Detection) → 67 (Implicit-Assumption-Recognition)

- **Function:** Make the impression's claims explicit

**Stage 3: Testing**

- 68 (Internal-External-Test) → 69 (Reality-Check) → 70 (Description-vs-Judgment-Division)

- **Function:** Apply criteria to evaluate the impression

**Stage 4: Suspension & Review**

- 71 (Rational-Pause) → 72 (Cognitive-Suspension) → 73 (Evidence-Review)

- **Function:** Prevent premature assent

**Stage 5: Critical Examination**

- 74 (Distortion-Recognition) → 75 (Counter-Image-Check) → 76 (Emotional-Layer-Removal) → 77 (Truth-Comparison)

- **Function:** Eliminate bias and error

**Stage 6: Final Evaluation**

- 78 (Assent-Delay) → 86 (Assent-Readiness) → 91 (Correct-Assent) OR 87 (Assent-Withholding)

- **Function:** Execute judgment

**Stage 7: Integration**

- 93 (Assent-Habit) → 94 (Impression-Mastery) → 100 (Impression-Completion)

- **Function:** Build stable competence

**Pedagogical Note:** This sequence must become automatic. Practice terms 61-100 as a unified procedure.

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#### **CLUSTER 2: Daily Practice Cycle (Tier 9)**

The rhythm of Stoic discipline:

**Morning Routine:**

- 371 (Morning-Preparation) → 373 (Event-Forecasting) → 374 (Obstacle-Preacceptance) → 375 (Hardship-Readiness)

- **Function:** Set internal orientation before engaging with day

**Continuous Vigilance:**

- 380 (Vigilance-Recognition) → 381 (Vigilance-Formation) → 382 (Vigilance-Intensity) → 383 (Vigilance-Consistency)

- **Function:** Maintain attention throughout day

**Error Management:**

- 376 (Error-Awareness) → 377 (Error-Interruption) → 378 (Error-Correction) → 379 (Error-Integration)

- **Function:** Handle mistakes immediately

**Evening Routine:**

- 372 (Evening-Review) → 366 (Examination-Recognition) → 367 (Examination-Entry) → 368 (Examination-Depth)

- **Function:** Reflect on day's judgments

**Readiness Cycle:**

- 384 (Readiness-Recognition) → 385 (Readiness-Activation) → 386 (Readiness-Stability) → 387 (Readiness-Return)

- **Function:** Maintain prepared state

**Pedagogical Note:** This cluster defines what "practicing Stoicism" actually looks like daily.

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#### **CLUSTER 3: Character Formation Sequence (Tier 7)**

How habits become character:

**Formation:**

- [Character-Recognition] → [Character-Formation] → [Character-Stability]

- **Function:** Initial building of dispositions

**Maintenance:**

- [Character-Integrity] → [Character-Constancy] → [Character-Unity]

- **Function:** Preserving developed traits

**Completion:**

- [Character-Perfection] → [Character-Invulnerability]

- **Function:** Achieving stable virtue

**Note:** [Bracketed terms would be from Tier 7 once we complete that section in full]

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#### **CLUSTER 4: Freedom Architecture**

How liberty is built and protected:

**Metaphysical Foundation:**

- 401 (Substance-Dualism) → 435 (Libertarian-Freedom) → 436 (Contra-Causal-Freedom)

- **Function:** Ontological basis of freedom

**Recognition:**

- 430 (Freedom-Recognition) → 431 (Choice-Freedom) → 432 (Choice-Independence)

- **Function:** Seeing where freedom resides

**Implementation:**

- 433 (Choice-Sufficiency) → 434 (Choice-Responsibility) → 437 (Moral-Agency)

- **Function:** Using freedom correctly

**Protection:**

- 441 (Freedom-Invulnerability) → 443 (Absolute-Sovereignty)

- **Function:** Securing freedom from external invasion

**Completion:**

- 442 (Freedom-Completion) → 464 (Final-Freedom)

- **Function:** Perfected liberty

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#### **CLUSTER 5: Truth & Reality Alignment**

How judgment conforms to what is:

**Foundation:**

- 444 (Truth-Recognition) → 445 (Truth-Independence) → 455 (Truth-Correspondence)

- **Function:** Understanding truth's nature

**Application:**

- 69 (Reality-Check) → 77 (Truth-Comparison) → 96 (Reality-Alignment)

- **Function:** Aligning judgment with facts

**Authority:**

- 451 (Reason-Authority) → 452 (Reason-Sufficiency) → 453 (Reason-Transparency)

- **Function:** Establishing rational governance

**Moral Extension:**

- 446 (Moral-Truth) → 447 (Moral-Realism) → 448 (Moral-Intuition)

- **Function:** Knowing moral reality

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### **C. TIER-TO-TIER CONNECTIONS**

**How Concepts Flow Through the System**

#### **Tier 1 → Tier 2: Faculties Enable Dichotomy**

- **1 (Impression)** presents content about internals and externals

- **6 (Judgment)** evaluates which domain impression belongs to

- **16 (Discernment)** is the capacity to make this division

- **Result:** 33 (Internal-External-Distinction) becomes possible

#### **Tier 2 → Tier 3: Dichotomy Guides Examination**

- **49 (Domain-Clarity)** provides the criterion for examination

- **68 (Internal-External-Test)** applies this criterion to impressions

- **Result:** Examination has a clear standard

#### **Tier 3 → Tier 4: Examination Prevents Emotions**

- **91 (Correct-Assent)** avoids false value judgments

- False value judgments about externals produce pathē

- **Result:** Emotional regulation becomes possible

#### **Tier 4 → Tier 5: Emotions/Eupatheiai Produce Impulses**

- Correct impressions → eupatheiai → rational impulses

- False impressions → pathē → irrational impulses

- **Result:** Action quality depends on prior judgment

#### **Tier 5 → Tier 6: Action Engages Indifferents**

- Rational action must engage externals

- **49 (Domain-Clarity)** prevents treating them as valuable

- **Result:** Selection without attachment

#### **Tier 6 → Tier 7: Repeated Selection Builds Character**

- Consistent preferred indifferent choices over time

- Form stable dispositions

- **Result:** Character emerges from habit

#### **Tier 7 → Tier 8: Character Becomes Virtue**

- Stable, correct character = virtue

- Stable, incorrect character = vice

- **Result:** Moral excellence is habituated rationality

#### **Tier 8 → Tier 9: Virtue Requires Training**

- Virtue doesn't appear spontaneously

- Requires disciplined daily practice

- **Result:** Practice maintains and develops virtue

#### **Tier 9 → Tier 10: Practice Achieves Telos**

- Daily discipline perfects prohairesis

- **470 (Prohairesis-Perfection)** = sage-state

- **471 (Telos-Achievement)** completes human purpose

- **Result:** System reaches its goal

#### **Tier 10 → Tier 1: Metaphysics Grounds Faculties**

- **401 (Substance-Dualism)** explains why mind is distinct

- **435 (Libertarian-Freedom)** explains why assent is free

- **Result:** Complete logical circle—system is closed

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### **D. CRITICAL PATHWAYS**

**Essential Sequences for Understanding Practice**

#### **PATHWAY 1: From Impression to Action**

**"How does an external event lead to virtuous action?"**

1. External event occurs → generates **1 (Impression)**

2. Agent applies **10 (Attention)** → notices impression

3. Implements **61-70 (Examination sequence)** → tests impression

4. Applies **68 (Internal-External-Test)** → categorizes correctly

5. Grants **91 (Correct-Assent)** → accepts only factual content

6. Produces **eupatheia** (good feeling) → rational emotion

7. Generates **rational impulse** → appropriate desire/aversion

8. Executes **appropriate action** → virtuous behavior

**Key Insight:** External event never directly causes action—always mediated by judgment.

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#### **PATHWAY 2: From False Belief to Pathos**

**"How do emotions arise and how do we stop them?"**

1. External event occurs → generates impression

2. Impression contains hidden value-claim about external

3. Agent fails **66 (Value-Detection)** → doesn't notice false claim

4. Grants **92 (Incorrect-Assent)** → accepts external as good/evil

5. Produces **pathos** (passion) → irrational emotion

6. Generates **irrational impulse** → inappropriate desire/aversion

7. Executes **inappropriate action** → vicious behavior

**Intervention Points:**

- **61-67:** Catch false value-claim before assent

- **377 (Error-Interruption):** Stop process immediately upon recognition

- **378 (Error-Correction):** Reverse the false judgment

- **76 (Emotional-Layer-Removal):** Strip emotional coloration

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#### **PATHWAY 3: Building Virtue from Zero**

**"How does a beginner become virtuous?"**

**Phase 1: Learning the Distinction (Tier 2)**

1. Study **33 (Internal-External-Distinction)**

2. Practice **49 (Domain-Clarity)** until automatic

3. Begin **58 (Internal-Orientation)**

**Phase 2: Learning to Examine (Tier 3)**

4. Memorize **61-100 (Examination sequence)**

5. Practice on easy impressions first

6. Build **93 (Assent-Habit)**

**Phase 3: Daily Discipline (Tier 9)**

7. Implement **371 (Morning-Preparation)**

8. Maintain **380-383 (Vigilance cluster)**

9. Practice **372 (Evening-Review)**

**Phase 4: Character Formation (Tier 7)**

10. Repeated correct judgment → stable dispositions

11. Dispositions become character traits

12. Character approaches virtue

**Phase 5: Virtue Stabilization (Tier 8)**

13. Four cardinal virtues develop together

14. Internal harmony achieved

15. **470 (Prohairesis-Perfection)** reached

**Timeline:** Years to decades of consistent practice.

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#### **PATHWAY 4: Daily Practice Implementation**

**"What do I actually DO each day?"**

**Morning (15-30 minutes):**

1. **371 (Morning-Preparation):** Set internal aim

2. **373 (Event-Forecasting):** Anticipate likely impressions

3. **374 (Obstacle-Preacceptance):** Accept obstacles in advance

4. **375 (Hardship-Readiness):** Prepare for difficulty

**Throughout Day (Continuous):**

5. **380-383 (Vigilance):** Maintain attention on impressions

6. **61-100 (Examination):** Apply to each impression

7. **376-379 (Error Management):** Handle mistakes immediately

**Evening (15-30 minutes):**

8. **372 (Evening-Review):** Examine day's judgments

9. **366-370 (Examination depth):** Go beneath surface

10. **379 (Error-Integration):** Learn from mistakes

**Result:** After months/years, this becomes automatic.

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#### **PATHWAY 5: Understanding Sterling's System**

**"How do Sterling's six commitments support the practice?"**

**Commitment 1: Substance Dualism (401-402)**

- **Supports:** Internal-External division is ontologically real

- **Enables:** 33, 458 (World-Self-Division)

- **Practice Impact:** Your mind is fundamentally separate from body/world

**Commitment 2: Libertarian Free Will (435-437)**

- **Supports:** Assent is genuinely free

- **Enables:** 2, 7, 434 (Choice-Responsibility)

- **Practice Impact:** You are truly responsible for judgments

**Commitment 3: Ethical Intuitionism (448-449)**

- **Supports:** You can directly know moral truths

- **Enables:** 66 (Value-Detection), 91 (Correct-Assent)

- **Practice Impact:** Reason has direct access to good/evil

**Commitment 4: Foundationalism (450)**

- **Supports:** Some truths are self-evident

- **Enables:** 96 (Reality-Alignment), 455 (Truth-Correspondence)

- **Practice Impact:** Judgment can rest on secure foundations

**Commitment 5: Correspondence Theory (455)**

- **Supports:** Truth = agreement with reality

- **Enables:** 69 (Reality-Check), 91 (Correct-Assent)

- **Practice Impact:** Your judgments can match facts

**Commitment 6: Moral Realism (446-447)**

- **Supports:** Good and evil are real properties

- **Enables:** 27 (Internal-Good), 29 (Internal-Evil)

- **Practice Impact:** Virtue is objectively valuable

**Why They Matter:** Without these commitments, Stoic practice loses its metaphysical foundation and becomes mere pragmatism.

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### **E. DEPENDENCY CHAINS**

**Terms That Form Logical Prerequisites**

#### **Chain 1: Freedom Chain**

```

401 (Substance-Dualism) →

402 (Mind-Body-Distinction) →

435 (Libertarian-Freedom) →

436 (Contra-Causal-Freedom) →

7 (Prohairesis) →

431 (Choice-Freedom) →

434 (Choice-Responsibility) →

437 (Moral-Agency) →

441 (Freedom-Invulnerability) →

464 (Final-Freedom)

```

**Each term depends on all previous terms in chain.**

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#### **Chain 2: Value Chain**

```

446 (Moral-Realism) →

447 (Moral-Truth) →

31 (Intrinsic-Value) →

27 (Internal-Good) →

29 (Internal-Evil) →

33 (Internal-External-Distinction) →

49 (Domain-Clarity) →

66 (Value-Detection) →

68 (Internal-External-Test) →

91 (Correct-Assent)

```

**Value knowledge flows from metaphysics to practice.**

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#### **Chain 3: Truth Chain**

```

450 (Foundationalism) →

455 (Truth-Correspondence) →

444 (Truth-Recognition) →

445 (Truth-Independence) →

8 (Reason) →

451 (Reason-Authority) →

69 (Reality-Check) →

77 (Truth-Comparison) →

96 (Reality-Alignment) →

466 (Final-Truth)

```

**Truth structure supports all epistemic operations.**

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#### **Chain 4: Practice Chain**

```

1 (Impression) →

10 (Attention) →

61 (Appearance-Recognition) →

63 (Neutral-Observation) →

66 (Value-Detection) →

68 (Internal-External-Test) →

71 (Rational-Pause) →

78 (Assent-Delay) →

91 (Correct-Assent) →

93 (Assent-Habit) →

94 (Impression-Mastery) →

470 (Prohairesis-Perfection)

```

**From first impression to perfect virtue.**

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### **F. TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE**

**"When X fails, check these dependencies"**

#### **Problem: Can't maintain Domain-Clarity (49)**

Check:

- Do you understand **33 (Internal-External-Distinction)**?

- Have you practiced **16 (Discernment)** sufficiently?

- Are you applying **68 (Internal-External-Test)** consistently?

**Solution:** Go back to Tier 2, master the dichotomy conceptually before expecting practical clarity.

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#### **Problem: Emotions still arise despite practice**

Check:

- Are you catching **66 (Value-Detection)** in time?

- Are you using **71 (Rational-Pause)** before assent?

- Have you identified the specific false judgment causing the pathos?

**Solution:** The emotion reveals a hidden incorrect assent. Use **74 (Distortion-Recognition)** to find it.

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#### **Problem: Can't maintain Vigilance (380-383)**

Check:

- Are you doing **371 (Morning-Preparation)**?

- Is **93 (Assent-Habit)** sufficiently developed?

- Are you trying to be vigilant about externals instead of judgments?

**Solution:** Vigilance is about watching internal operations, not external events. Refocus on **1 (Impressions)** as they arise.

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#### **Problem: Practice feels mechanical, not transformative**

Check:

- Do you understand **why** the system works (Tier 10)?

- Are you going through motions without **10 (Attention)**?

- Have you integrated **456 (Moral-Architecture)** conceptually?

**Solution:** Return to Tier 10. Understanding the metaphysics reanimates practice by showing its rational foundation.

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### **G. QUICK REFERENCE: MOST CRITICAL CONNECTIONS**

**The 10 Most Important Relationships in the System:**

1. **401 (Substance-Dualism) → 33 (Internal-External-Distinction)**

   - Ontology grounds the dichotomy

2. **435 (Libertarian-Freedom) → 2 (Assent)**

   - Metaphysical freedom enables psychological freedom

3. **1 (Impression) → 2 (Assent) → 3 (Impulse)**

   - Core cognitive sequence

4. **33 (Internal-External-Distinction) → 68 (Internal-External-Test)**

   - Theory enables practice

5. **68 (Internal-External-Test) → 91 (Correct-Assent)**

   - Testing produces right judgment

6. **91 (Correct-Assent) → Eupatheia → Rational Action**

   - Virtue produces appropriate action

7. **92 (Incorrect-Assent) → Pathos → Irrational Action**

   - Vice produces inappropriate action

8. **93 (Assent-Habit) → Character Formation (Tier 7)**

   - Repetition builds stable dispositions

9. **371 (Morning-Preparation) + 372 (Evening-Review)**

   - Daily rhythm maintains practice

10. **470 (Prohairesis-Perfection) → 471 (Telos-Achievement)**

    - Perfect virtue realizes human purpose

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**END OF CROSS-REFERENCE GUIDE**

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**4. Sterling's Six Commitments Index** (detailed map of where each commitment appears and supports the system)?