The Egyptian Philosophers - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Egyptian Philosophers write by Molefi Kete Asante. This book was released on 2000. The Egyptian Philosophers available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traditional Eurocentric thought assumes that Greece was the origin of civilization. This book dispels this and other myths by showing that there is a body of knowledge that preceded Greek philosophy. The author documents how the great pyramids were built in 2800 B.C., 2,100 years before Greek civilization. The popular myth of Hippocrates being the father of medicine is dispelled by the fact that Hippocrates studied the works of Imhotep, the true father of medicine, and mentioned his name in his Hippocratic oath. Eleven famous African scholars who preceded Greek philosophers are profiled: Ptahhotep, Kagemni, Duauf, Amenhotep, Amenemope, Imhotep, Amenemhat, Merikare, Sehotepibre, Khunanup, and Akhenaten. These scholars' ideas on a variety of topics are discussed, including the emergence of science and reason, the moral order, books and education, and the clash of classes.
Stolen Legacy
Stolen Legacy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Stolen Legacy write by George G. M. James. This book was released on 2013-04-08. Stolen Legacy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. For centuries the world has been misled about the original source of the Arts and Sciences; for centuries Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have been falsely idolized as models of intellectual greatness; and for centuries the African continent has been called the Dark Continent, because Europe coveted the honor of transmitting to the world, the Arts and Sciences. It is indeed surprising how, for centuries, the Greeks have been praised by the Western World for intellectual accomplishments which belong without a doubt to the Egyptians or the peoples of North Africa.
The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife
The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife write by Erik Hornung. This book was released on 1999. The Ancient Egyptian Books of the Afterlife available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume offers a survey about what is known about the Ancient Egyptians' vision of the afterlife and an examination of these beliefs that were written down in books that were later discovered in royal tombs. The contents of the texts range from the collection of spells in the Book of the Dead, which was intended to offer practical assistance on the journey to the afterlife, to the detailed accounts of the hereafter provided in the Books of the Netherworld. The author looks closely at these latter works, while summarizing the contents of the Book of the Dead and other widely studied examples of the genre. For each composition, he discusses the history of its ancient transmission and its decipherment in modern times, supplying bibliographic information for any text editions. He also seeks to determine whether this literature as a whole presents a monolithic conception of the afterlife. The volume features many drawings from the books themselves.
Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire
Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire write by Karl W. Luckert. This book was released on 1991-11-01. Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Egyptian Light and Hebrew Fire focuses on the cosmology of ancient Egypt and on derived traditions. The book outlines how the ancient Egyptian world view affected Hebrew religion, Greek philosophy, Neoplatonism, Gnosticism, and early Christianity. It traces ideological roots of Western civilization back to its earliest known prototypes in the Pyramid and Coffin texts of ancient Egypt. It challenges us to refocus some of our history of early Greek philosophy, and it positively identifies Neoplatonism as a philosophized and scarcely disguised neo-Egyptian theology.
African Philosophy
African Philosophy - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook African Philosophy write by Théophile Obenga. This book was released on 2004. African Philosophy available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
