{"product_id":"86103","title":"Bill Manley - The Oldest Book In The World: Philosophy In The Age Of The Pyramids : Philosophy In The Age Of The Pyramids (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e🔴\u003c\/b\u003e Condition - \u003cb\u003eVery Good 🔴\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e⭐ **THIS IS A SIGNED COPY** ⭐\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSigned on the Title Page (See Pic).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Teaching of Ptahhatp, composed two millennia before the birth of Plato, is the oldest surviving statement of philosophy in the ancient world and the earliest witness to the power of the written word. It ought to begin the list of the worlds philosophy classics, yet it has been largely forgotten since it was  rediscovered in the nineteenth century. Egyptologist Bill Manleys new translation corrects this oversight, rendering into approachable modern English for the first time Ptahhatps profound yet practical account of the meaning of life, written many centuries before the supposed dawn of western philosophy. Manley introduces Ptahhatp, who served as Vizier to the  Old Kingdom pharaoh Izezi (c. 24102375 BC), and the world of dynamic ideas and new technologies writing among them within which he worked, illuminating the nuances of his language and philosophy. In addition, Manleys new translation of Why Things Happen, the oldest surviving account of creation from anywhere in the world, reveals how Ptahhatps account of  the human condition is founded in distinctive ancient Egyptian beliefs about the nature of truth and reality.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pearls Books n Music","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67701452898495,"sku":"86103","price":32.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0563\/5552\/0703\/files\/9780500252321signed.jpg?v=1792450923","url":"https:\/\/pearlsbooksfnq.com\/products\/86103","provider":"Pearls Books n Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}