M 66 not only introduces the term passionlessness; it likewise opens a unit within the chain made up of three members joined together by this term. A close look at the positioning of this chain as well as its content reveals the extraordinary care with which Evagrius joined all the proverbs of Ad Monachos into patterns that offer further clues to their fullest meanings. It has already been mentioned that the chain M 63 to M 72, which beats away at some length on the relation between praktikē and