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The Wisdom of Ptah-Hotep
Ptah-Hotep · Egyptian · c. 2400 BCE
Translated by Charles F. Horne (1917)
36 chapters
One of the oldest wisdom texts — a vizier's instructions on virtue, speech, and the conduct of life.
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Contents
- 1Wisdom of the Egyptians
- 2INTRODUCTION
- 3The Story Of Egypt
- 4Origin Of The Egyptian Race
- 5The Beginning Of Egyptian History
- 6Thothmes Iii Of The Eighteenth Dynasty
- 7Rameses Ii Of The Nineteenth Dynasty
- 8Egyptian View Of Creation
- 9The Gods Of Ancient Egypt
- 10The Egyptian View Of Future Life
- 11The Worship Of Animals In Ancient Egypt
- 12The Groups Of Gods
- 13Gods In Human Form
- 14Sun And Sky Gods
- 15CHAPTER III
- 16Chapter Iv
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