A Companion to African PhilosophyKwasi Wiredu This volume of newly commissioned essays provides comprehensive coverage of African philosophy, ranging across disciplines and throughout the ages.
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... being, and it is unalterable and indestructible like the divine life. The concept of ''existence'' is closely related to that of ''eternity,'' that is, the manner of being of that which may 37 EGYPT: ANCIENT HISTORY OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY.
... being, and it is unalterable and indestructible like the divine life. The concept of ''existence'' is closely related to that of ''eternity,'' that is, the manner of being of that which may 37 EGYPT: ANCIENT HISTORY OF AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY.
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... divine being in order to become Osiris, that is, immortal and eternal. The distinction between ''being'' and ''non-being'' was only a ''semantical'' distinction. It had no ontological significance in Egyptian philosophy. The verb d d ...
... divine being in order to become Osiris, that is, immortal and eternal. The distinction between ''being'' and ''non-being'' was only a ''semantical'' distinction. It had no ontological significance in Egyptian philosophy. The verb d d ...
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... divine falcon. The Pharaoh himself assumed the title ''Son of Ra'' (sa-Ra) from the 5th Dynasty (2498–2345 bc) onward. Maat, the goddess of Truth or Righteousness, was a daughter of Ra (sat-Ra). The conception of Truth and Right ...
... divine falcon. The Pharaoh himself assumed the title ''Son of Ra'' (sa-Ra) from the 5th Dynasty (2498–2345 bc) onward. Maat, the goddess of Truth or Righteousness, was a daughter of Ra (sat-Ra). The conception of Truth and Right ...
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... divine power. Genesis or ''Creation'' as an Evolution The Nile and the sun are the two phenomena that dominated the Egyptian intellectual and spiritual life from the earliest times. However, long before the Nile and the sun came into ...
... divine power. Genesis or ''Creation'' as an Evolution The Nile and the sun are the two phenomena that dominated the Egyptian intellectual and spiritual life from the earliest times. However, long before the Nile and the sun came into ...
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... divine, cosmic, human, animal, vegetal, or mineral. Genesis or ''Creation'' as a Physical Emanation from the Divine Power The qualities of the creator-gods (Atum, Ra, Ptah) are: might (bau), radiance (hedjut), prosperity (udjau) ...
... divine, cosmic, human, animal, vegetal, or mineral. Genesis or ''Creation'' as a Physical Emanation from the Divine Power The qualities of the creator-gods (Atum, Ra, Ptah) are: might (bau), radiance (hedjut), prosperity (udjau) ...
Contents
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PART II METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES | 261 |
PART III LOGIC EPISTEMOLOGY AND METAPHYSICS | 283 |
PART IV THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION | 353 |
PART V ETHICS AND AESTHETICS | 385 |
PART VI POLITICS | 433 |
PART VII SPECIAL TOPICS | 527 |
Index | 570 |
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Acholi Acholi language aesthetic African culture African philosophy African Religions African societies African traditional Akan Akan language Amo’s apartheid argued Bantu philosophy belief Chewa Christian claim colonial concept contemporary African context critical decolonization democracy democratic destiny discourse divine Egyptian epistemology ethics ethnophilosophy European example existence fact Fanon Frantz Fanon Ghana global Gyekye Hallen Hountondji human rights ibid idea identity Ifá Igbo ikenga important indigenous individual intellectual Islamic issue Kagame knowledge Kwame Kwame Gyekye Kwasi Wiredu language liberal liberal democracy literature logic London Maat Mbiti means metaphysical mind modern moral Nairobi nature Nigeria Okot one’s Oruka person philoso physical political practice principle problem question reason religious role sages scholars Senghor sense social Sodipo South Africa Soyinka spirit Tempels theory things thinkers thinking thought tion traditional African truth University Press violence Walda Heywat Western word Yoruba Zera Yacob