Idea Into Image

Idea Into Image PDF Author: Erik Hornung
Publisher: Timken Publishers
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Book Description
"As far back as the third millennium B.C. the Egyptians were investigating questions that concern us still - questions about being and non-being, about the meaning of death, about the nature of the cosmos and of man, about the basis of human society and the legitimization of power. The Egyptians knew that their answers could never be definitive, and this flexible and pluralistic approach is the essence of their philosophical position.