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Author:
Asante, Molefi K., 1942-
Title:
The Egyptian philosophers : ancient African voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten / Molefi Kete Asante.
Edition:
1st ed.
Publisher:
African American Images,
Copyright Date:
c2000
Description:
xviii, 126 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Subject:
Philosophers, Ancient--Egyptian influences.
Philosophy, African--History.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 123-126.
Contents:
Chronology of ancient world philosophers -- The African mind -- The four celestial elements -- Imhotep and the emergence of reason -- Ptahhotep and the moral order -- Instructions to Kagemni for success -- Merikare on common sense -- Sehotepibre on loyalty -- Amenemhat sings the blues -- Khunanup: class and Maat -- Amenhotep, son of Hapu: contemplation and its rewards -- Duauf on loving books -- Akhenaten: the divine is everywhere -- Amenemope: on the use of time -- The living word of Maat.
ISBN:
9780913543665
0913543667
OCLC:
(OCoLC)44059582
Locations:
UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

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