Letter on the Manner of Studying (to Brother John)
A short letter of pastoral counsel on how to acquire the treasure of knowledge — the sixteen precepts for study (be slow to speak, embrace purity of conscience, do not cease from prayer, often love the cell, do not seek what is too high for you, …). Traditionally addressed to John of Vercelli, Master General of the Dominicans, sometimes given to another Brother John.
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Source: Standard public-domain translation, used widely in Dominican formation and in Aquinas's *Vita* editions. · Latin Leonine / Marietti edition (public domain) of the *Epistola ad Ioannem* (also known as the *Sexdecim Praecepta studendi*).