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6chapter sixPHILOSOPHYEdward BleibergIMPORTANT EVENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184TOPICSMaat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Cosmogony: The Origin of <strong>the</strong> World . . . . . . . . 187Teaching Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Secret Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Astrology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Alchemy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199SIGNIFICANT PEOPLEAnkhsheshonqi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Any. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Hordjedef . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Merykare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202DOCUMENTARY SOURCES . . . . . . . . . 202SIDEBARS AND PRIMARYDOCUMENTSPrimary sources are listed in italicsThe Meaning of Maat (excerpt from <strong>the</strong>Eloquent Peasant concerning truth andjustice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Egyptian Magic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Hermes Trismegistus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Herodotus: Prime Source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197181

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