Care of the Self--the Requirements

 To take care of the self, first, one must have the ability, time and culture to do so; second, one must distinguish himself from the majority, from people who are absorbed in everyday life. Therefore, care of the self only can be carried out by a moral elite and those with the ability to save themselves.
One needs to learn how to take care of himself because it is not provided by any education. One must take care of the self throughout one's life with crucial, decisive age being maturity. An adult must take care of himself to prepare for his old age.

There are expressions that refer to the activity, to the attitude which consists in gathering oneself around oneself, in collecting oneself in the self, again in establishing oneself in the self as in a place of refuge, a well-fortified citadel, a fortress protected by walls. One must treat oneself, cure oneself, conduct amputations on oneself, lance one's own abscesses. One must lay claim to oneself. One must free oneself, emancipate oneself. One must hold one's self sacred, honor oneself, respect oneself, feel shame in front of oneself.  One must become the master of oneself. One must have pleasure in oneself, experiencing delight with oneself, being happy to be with oneself, being content with oneself.