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HermesRevisited

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Tracing the Ancient Egyptian Roots of Western Philosophy | Retracer les racines égyptiennes de la philosophie occidentale | Traçando as raízes egípcias da filosofia. | Diese Seite verfolgt die altägyptischen Wurzeln der Philosophie.

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HermesRevisited @hermesrevisited.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Why did #Plato and the #Egyptians believe an invisible sun hides in an #alternatereality but gave birth to the sun of our #universe? A new Apeiron Journal @degruyterbrill.bsky.social study has astonishing answers: bit.ly/4agN2ba #Philosophy #Cosmology #Physics #Astronomy #History #Classics #PhilSky
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HermesRevisited @hermesrevisited.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Is #Plato’s eternal paradigm really an #Egyptian idea? Read the astonishing findings of a newly released study: bit.ly/4agN2ba. #Philsky #Philosophy #Classics @dgb-philosophy.bsky.social @philosophymatters.bsky.social
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HermesRevisited @hermesrevisited.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Did #Egypt influence some of #Plato’s signature #ideas? A soon to be published (@degruyter_brill) survey of #Egyptology set to provide surprising answers. #AncientPhilosophy #Classics #History #Philosophy #HermesRevisited @philosophymatters.bsky.social @philtalkradio.bsky.social @iai.tv
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HermesRevisited @hermesrevisited.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Did Egypt help to shape #Plato’s big ideas? A soon to be published survey of 60 years of #Egyptology to reveal surprising findings. #AncientHistory #ClassicalStudies #philsky #Philosophy #AncientPhilosophy #metaphysics
The image is one of an ancient Egyptian papyrus centring a Black-skinned pharaoh as well as a variety of deities associated with the afterlife. The text inquires whether Egypt shaped Platonism, pointing to the surprising findings of a soon to be released study on the matter.
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HermesRevisited @hermesrevisited.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Egyptian cosmological, metaphysical and ethical concepts (…) were the outcome of millennia of intellectual labour, during which hundreds of priests developed and grappled with challenging, often contradictory, ways of making sense of the universe. philosophynow.org/issues/128/D...
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Does Western Philosophy Have Egyptian Roots? | Issue 128 | Philosophy Now
Peter Flegel highlights possible connections between early Greek philosophy and the ideas of the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt.
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