The Oldest Book In The World - Philosophy In The Age Of The Pyramids by Bill Manley

In this book Manley introduces Ptahhatp, who served as Vizier to the Old Kingdom pharaoh Izezi in 2410¿2375 BC, and the world of dynamic ideas and new technologies while writing among them within which he worked, illuminating the nuances of his language and philosophy. Manley's new translation of Why Things Happen, the oldest surviving account of creation from anywhere in the world, reveals how Ptahhatp's account of the human condition is founded in distinctive ancient Egyptian beliefs about the nature of truth and reality.