Ptah-Hotep
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The Instruction of Ptah-hotep And the Instruction of Ke'gemni (1906) — Contributeur — 26 exemplaires
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- Date de décès
- c. 2400 BCE
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Egypt
- Professions
- Grand Vizier
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- Œuvres
- 3
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 148
- Popularité
- #140,180
- Évaluation
- 3.6
- Critiques
- 5
- ISBN
- 19
- Langues
- 3
“If you are influential, you should establish respect for yourself
Through knowledge and through courtesy in speech.
Do not be domination / except in official matters,
For the aggressive man meets with trouble.
Don't be arrogant, lest you be brought low;
Do not be silent, but yet be cautious of causing offense
When you answer a speech angrily.”
Of course there are also guidelines that we would label as sexist in our Western modernity (early 21st century), such as the admonition to keep wives far from power and even subjugated; touching, on the other hand, is the instruction to respect the wife, even if she is frivolous. Well, you can laugh about this kind of thing, but it illustrates a certain way of looking at the world. More reflections in the review in my History Account on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5564185608.… (plus d'informations)