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Maat : the moral ideal in ancient Egypt ; a study in classical African ethics by Karenga (Maulana.) is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
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This work is a critical examination of Maat, the moral ideal in ancient Egypt. It seeks to present Maat in the language of modern moral discourse while at the same time preserving and building on its distinctiveness as a moral ideal capable of inspiring and maintaining ethical philosophic reflection. The effort here is one of both interpretation and transmission of an ethical tradition, a project in which tradition is seen not simply as a precondition and process in which one comes, but also as
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Karenga (Maulana.)
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780203502686
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Science, Philosophy, Religion
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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