Three Dimensions of Human Affairs, Part II

In an earlier post, I contrasted the three dimensions of the Jewish Pirkei Avos with those of the Aristotle's Greek text On Rhetoric. On further reflection, I have come across another three dimensional framework - Steps 10, 11 and 12 of the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous. Step 10 says "continued to take personal inventory and when wrong, promptly admitted it." Step 11 says "sought to increase our conscious contact with God.." Step 12 says "..practice these principles in all our affairs." These final three steps are the growth and living steps of the program. Remarkably, they correlate closely with the three dimensions I discussed in an earlier post. Step 10 is a study step, correlating with Torah study and logos. Step 11 is an inner person step, correlating with avodah and ethos. Step 12 is an other person step, correlating with gemulit chassidum and pathos.