Maat, the Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African EthicsThis 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 an ongoing product of one's efforts to understand it. Locating himself within the tradition, the author seeks to test the conceptual elasticity of its major categories and contentions and to establish its capacity for critical moral discourse. |
Contents
IV | 3 |
VI | 5 |
VII | 11 |
VIII | 12 |
IX | 13 |
X | 15 |
XI | 18 |
XII | 23 |
LXVIII | 198 |
LXIX | 200 |
LXX | 203 |
LXXI | 207 |
LXXII | 209 |
LXXIII | 215 |
LXXIV | 216 |
LXXV | 219 |
XIII | 25 |
XIV | 29 |
XV | 30 |
XVI | 34 |
XVII | 37 |
XVIII | 38 |
XIX | 41 |
XX | 42 |
XXI | 44 |
XXII | 53 |
XXIII | 55 |
XXIV | 56 |
XXV | 60 |
XXVI | 63 |
XXVII | 65 |
XXVIII | 69 |
XXIX | 71 |
XXX | 77 |
XXXIII | 82 |
XXXIV | 88 |
XXXV | 92 |
XXXVI | 93 |
XXXVII | 96 |
XXXVIII | 104 |
XXXIX | 106 |
XL | 110 |
XLI | 115 |
XLII | 116 |
XLIII | 120 |
XLIV | 129 |
XLV | 135 |
XLVI | 136 |
XLVII | 138 |
XLVIII | 141 |
L | 142 |
LII | 144 |
LIII | 145 |
LIV | 146 |
LV | 147 |
LVI | 148 |
LVII | 156 |
LVIII | 162 |
LIX | 175 |
LX | 177 |
LXI | 184 |
LXII | 187 |
LXIII | 191 |
LXIV | 193 |
LXV | 195 |
LXVI | 196 |
LXVII | 197 |
LXXVI | 220 |
LXXVII | 222 |
LXXVIII | 225 |
LXXIX | 230 |
LXXX | 231 |
LXXXI | 233 |
LXXXII | 235 |
LXXXIII | 236 |
LXXXIV | 237 |
LXXXV | 239 |
LXXXVI | 240 |
LXXXVII | 242 |
LXXXVIII | 245 |
LXXXIX | 246 |
XC | 248 |
XCI | 250 |
XCII | 251 |
XCIII | 253 |
XCIV | 254 |
XCV | 257 |
XCVI | 258 |
XCVII | 263 |
XCVIII | 266 |
XCIX | 269 |
C | 272 |
CI | 278 |
CII | 280 |
CIII | 282 |
CIV | 288 |
CV | 294 |
CVI | 301 |
CVII | 302 |
CVIII | 306 |
CIX | 311 |
CX | 317 |
CXI | 325 |
CXII | 332 |
CXIII | 338 |
CXIV | 342 |
CXV | 362 |
CXVI | 373 |
CXVII | 381 |
CXVIII | 385 |
CXIX | 391 |
CXX | 395 |
CXXI | 397 |
CXXII | 402 |
CXXIII | 407 |
CXXIV | 411 |
CXXV | 413 |
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Maat, the Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics Maulana Karenga No preview available - 2012 |
Maat, The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A Study in Classical African Ethics Maulana Karenga No preview available - 2004 |
Common terms and phrases
18th Dynasty African Amen Ra Amenomope ancient Egypt ancient Egyptian ancient Egyptian religion argued Assmann Atum autobiography Book of Coming central Chapter character Coffin Texts concept of Maat concern context created creation Creator culture Declarations of Innocence Declarations of Virtues defines discourse divine Djehuti Dynasty earth Egyptology essentially eternity evil expressed father ground Harwa Hatshepsut heart heaven Hornung human ideal important instruction Intermediate Period isfet judgment justice Karenga Kemetic Kheti Khnum Khunanpu king Late Period Lichtheim 1992 literature live Lord Maat Maat-doing Maatian anthropology Maatian ethics Maatian moral Maatian person meaning Merikara Middle Kingdom moral self-presentation Morenz Moreover nature noted offering Old Kingdom one's ontological Osiris philosophical posed practice praise Ptahhotep Pyramid Texts reaffirms reciprocity Rediu reflects religion religious righteousness Sebait sense social society speak spiritual stress teachings theology tradition truth University Press vindicated vulnerable women word worthiness