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Consciousness is a Congenital Hallucination

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UGH. I DO NOT WANT TO GET UP. This is more complex than being sleepy.

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Pictured above is the cover of the 1894 annual report from the Thirteen Club, a club dedicated to disproving the myth of bad luck associated with the number 13. Note the broken hourglass and scythe. “Morituri Te Salutamus,” translates to “We who are about to die salute you.”

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Reasons why I’m not fond of this article:

1. “Stealing”. No. You don’t “steal” knowledge. According to the people who say “Greeks stole philosophy from the Egyptians”, being taught is now a theft. You’re all dirty hoodlums, high school students. Every last one’a yuh.

2. “For among the most ancient fragments left to us by the Egyptians are writings that belong, however loosely and untechnically, under the rubric of moral philosophy.”

Because their religious beliefs resembled philosophy and gave root to Greek philosophy, you’re going to claim that they have “the first philosophy”? That’d be like saying a horse drawn carriage was the first SUV. Sure, you can stretch it that way, but it’s not exactly the same. Egyptian texts are loosely philosophical, and was more so a wisdom imparted wholly religiously, such as the “Instructions of Pta’h-hotep”.

3. This is no more “the truth” on philosophy than it is another way to look at ancient philosophy through a series of facts and estimations. 

I don’t think it’s very important who “began” something, though - to flourish under philosophy gained the Greeks more of a name in history than to just have “philosophy-esque beginnings”. Philosophers need not shout “FIRST!” on everything they do. 

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It is more so of not regarding the origins and the fact of the blatant omission of egypt with regards to philosophy but it is bigger than philosophy and stretches out to history.

And your first point regards to them being taught i guess you are inferring philosophy and then disregarding it and the nice use of humor which does not strengthen your point.

True one cannot steal but one can pretend that they where the origin and the fact the Greeks were taught by the Egyptians and i dunno if you did read the article and how it goes on to say that the education of the Greek founders are non-existent. 

And with regards to flourishing was not Egypt invaded by the Greeks and with regards to history it is whose history. Beginnings and flourishing you talked about, well chunks of western thought did not begin in the west yet it has flourished here such as its its language or its numeric system and its dominating religion. 

Just as some of its philosophies and when it seems you are talking about philosophy you are talking about a western another product of segregating philosophy. More so the point was about giving credence even if it was as you say a religious background that would be its origins. 

Mostly it regards to plagiarism and then we have to go into Egyptology and the west in regards to Africa. So all in all you are arguing that students originated what was taught to them. Or is it more sinister and trying to keep the positive image of a civilization which was devoid of originality?   

“And your first point regards to them being taught i guess you are inferring philosophy and then disregarding it and the nice use of humor which does not strengthen your point.”

Being taught certain beliefs which leads to the development of Greek philosophy does not mean that they were taught their own philosophy. Similarly, if gym class teaches you how to jump and climb and run, and you become a firefighter later on in life, you don’t say you had “firefighter lessons”. You just say it helped. 

“pretend that they where the origin”

Hindu and chinese cultures also claim to have originated philosophy. No one is “pretending” that they were the origin - most eastern cultures believe that they WERE the beginning of philosophy. I think it’s safe to say that no one culture was the singular root of all philosophy. 

“was not Egypt invaded by the Greeks”

Egypt was invaded by a lot more than the Greeks. Egypt has been comprised of many different invading cultures. 

The fact that you just called Western culture “devoid of originality” speaks highly of your prejudice on the matter, you know. Just because someone won’t let you infantilize the Greeks so easily is no reason to throw around such stuff. 

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