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The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With an Historical Survey and Descriptions, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)
The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East With an Historical Survey and Descriptions Vol 2 - Classic Reprint Author:Charles Francis Horne Egyptian literature most worth our reading is that in Egypt mankind first soared to splendid heights of religious thought. There, so far as we now know, earnest and able men first faced with profound intellectual meditation the spiritual problems of this world. There the mass of men, for the first time, arranged their earthly lives upon a firm-s... more »et confidence that there was a life beyond. The civilization of Egypt may possibly be as ancient as that of Babylonia. Eecent scholars incline to regard that of Babylonia as the older of the two, and the other as perhaps an offshoot from it; but in that case the younger branch outgrew the parent in both wisdom and culture. Perhaps the swifter blossoming of Egyptian thought if we may call a progress awift when it extended over unknown thousands of years was due to the more secluded character of Egypt ssituation. There and in Babylonia were two great rivers, the Nile and the Euphrates, whose vast and fertile valleys were fitted by Nature to be the seat of mens easiest development. But the Euphrates valley was exposed to warlike attack from every side. A gain and again the Babylonian civilization was overthrown by hordes of invading barbarians. New kingdoms rose only on the ruins of the old; and war remained ever the chief business and chief thought of life.
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