Philosophy: Tracing Its African Origins

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Philosophy can be seen as systematic reflective thinking about life. Every philosophy is connected to life, society, existence, and the universe. Even abstract concepts like "Nothingness" relate to the universe since it encompasses everything. Humans always seek to understand what is real, true, right, or lasting, which is considered wisdom. The Greeks understood "philosophy" as the "love of wisdom" and a "philosopher" as a "lover of wisdom." Philosophizing involves not just speculation but a passionate investigation of reality's underlying causes to establish values for society.
The essence of philosophy is more important than its methodology. In ancient Egypt, philosophy was about synthesizing all learning and pursuing wisdom and moral and spiritual perfection. Egyptian philosophy was like a pedagogy, sharing wise teachings (sebayit) from scholars, priests, and statesmen.
The Egyptian verb "rekh" means "to know" or "to learn," indicating that knowledge comes through learning and experience. A "wise man" (rekh) is a learned person, an erudite, or a philosopher. The concept of "rekhet" refers to "knowledge" or "science," emphasizing inquiry into the nature of things with accurate knowledge and good judgment. Wisdom (sai) and prudence (sai) are expressed by the same word, suggesting that being wise involves prudence and good judgment.
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@lukalusalalunenkuka1585 Ай бұрын

Egyptian philosophical concepts mentioned in the video are found in Bantu languages such as Kikongo: seba=zaba, "to know", zoba, "not intelligent"; etc.; rekh=longa, "to teach", nlongo, "prohibition", luuka, "to be wise, prudent, intelligent", ndeeko, "method", etc; heseb=kasi, "fraction of a number", kosi, "one, unity, first", n'kasi, "indeterminated number", etc.; sai=zaya, "to know", nsayi, "to be happy"; maat=maa, "respectful", n'tima, "heart (as seige of judtice and truth)". See my my book in two volumes "De l'origine égyptienne de Bakongo" (Amazon).

@HistoriaAfricana Ай бұрын

Excellent. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.

@kijihigh6826 7 күн бұрын

Keep in mind Egyptian philosophy was well received through the world. They were highly recognized as the best in all knowledge. Later the French (European) through its Age of Enlightenment, decided to change the script and give all credit to Greece. Remember but was Egypt who taught the Greeks. The French, who dominated and held leadership in the world, was able to influence the world, dictating who would be important. They undermined the Egyptians, taking away their power and handed it over to the Greeks. The world listened and obviously Egypt on the decline gave in. Thus the Greeks received credit for everything.

@elongreen8566 25 күн бұрын

Truth coming out now ❤

@philthai99 Ай бұрын

Ancient Kemet and Kush is the birthplace of Philosophy. They educated the Greeks. Thanks for sharing.

@philthai99 Ай бұрын

@@EudaimonV The true facts confirm that Ancient Kemet educated your fraudulent and lying Greek civilization. Deal with it.

@philthai99 Ай бұрын

@@EudaimonV Not only did Ancient Kemet and Kush educate your lying Greek culture its the Ancient Kemet and Kush civilizations that are the true Fathers of Science.

@ulrichlachman1216 Ай бұрын

Civilization, sciences started in Africa and not in Greece, not in Moslim countries, not in India, not in China, not in Americas. Black African peoplecwere begore white people every where in the world. Human are Out of Africa.

@philthai99 Ай бұрын

@@EudaimonV You need to be quiet. Your Greek civilization was a fraud. It was the Black Africans who educated the greeks. Its the African race who built the pyramids. They are the true fathers of Mathematics , Philosophy and Science. Facts are facts. Your Greek civilization didn't have the expertise until they got their education from Ancient Kemet.

@philthai99 Ай бұрын

@@EudaimonV Keep your false lies to yourself. You can no longer hide the real black african truth anymore. Grand Risings. Ase' Alkebulan.

@ADE-of-LAGOS 10 сағат бұрын

At 1:27, that need to be re-drawn. Ancient Egyptians didn't just found themselves in the "new" Kemet. They came out from somewhere else in Africa. Thats the missing link in world history.

@JkDibine Ай бұрын

We can't ever forget indigenous Greece, Phoenicia, even Macedonia was black too HLA genes in Macedonians and the sub-Saharan origin of Greeks - A. Arnaiz-Villena "HLA alleles have been determined in individuals from the Republic of Macedonia by DNA typing and sequencing. HLA-A, B, -DR, -DQ allele frequencies and extended haplotypes have been for the first time determined and the results compared to those of other Mediterraneans, particularly with their neighbouring Greeks. Genetic distances, neighbor-joining dendrograms and correspondence analysis have been performed. The following conclusions have been reached: 1) Macedonians belong to the "older" Mediterranean substratum, like Iberians (including Basques), North Africans, Italians, French, Cretans, Jews, Lebanese, Turks (Anatolians), Armenians and Iranians, 2) Macedonians are not related with geographically close Greeks, who do not belong to the "older" Mediterranenan substratum, 3) Greeks are found to have a SUBSTANTIAL relatedness to sub-Saharan (Ethiopian) people, which separate them from other Mediterranean groups. Both Greeks and Ethiopians share quasi-specific DRB1 alleles, such as "0305, *0307, *0411, "0413, "0416, "0417, "0420, 1110, 1112, 1304 and 1310. Genetic distances are closer between Greeks and Ethiopian/sub-Saharan groups than to any other Mediterranean group and finally Greeks cluster with Ethiopians/sub-Saharans in both neighbour joining dendrograms and correspondence analyses. The time period when these relationships might have occurred was ancient but uncertain and might be related to the displacement of Egyptian-Ethiopian people living in pharaonic Egypt"

@lukalusalalunenkuka1585 Ай бұрын

Truth is staborn! It always comes back in one way or another, in one generation or another.

@Weda01 Ай бұрын

The thing is that this paper is highly disputed because of the following reasons: 1. Methodological concerns: Some scientists have raised questions about the methodological approach used in the paper, particularly around the interpertation of HLA gene frequencies and their implications for ancestral origins. 2. Contradictory evidence: Other genetic studies on the ancestry of Greeks have not replicated the significant sub-Saharan African component reported in Arnaiz-Villena's work. These studies point to a primarily European, with some Near Eastern ancestry for modern Greeks. For more info you can read the works of I. Lazaridis, B. Krause-Kyora and G. Hellenthal to name a few.