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# Title: The True Intellectual System Of The Universe (shelfmarks Leibn. Marg. 137, Stück 1; Leibn. Marg. 137)
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C. HA P. IV. FoyPta SchoOlof Literature, before Cireec
crecconidus: ndn 3 ciobili, n, exderteco qvophoico, daeirat revonurs d 
a1XSBD n nidnnos, i necnodEIO, n 704O, n ndcor. Te him that com-
ethro be a spectator os the Feyptian Worstip, there first osfer themselves
to his vier, most splendid and stately Temples, sumpruonstr adorned, toee
ther with solemn Oroves, and many pompous Rites and mystical Ceremo
nies; but as soon as he enters in, he perceives that it vas either a Cat or an
Ape, a Crocodile or a Cdat or a Do8, that mas the Object of this Relisions
Worstip.
Buc nocwichstandins chis mulcisarious Polycheism and Idolatry o
chele POrprians, chac cher did neverchelels aetenomledse, one su-
preme and Dniversal Numen, may Erst be probably collected, Erom
chat sreat Pame wrhich cher had oncienely over che rhole Worid For
cheir Wisdom. The Forptiansare called by che Elei in Herodotus.
oDPeTaroI avdeconoV Thewisest of asen, andit is a commendation chat is
Siren to one in chelameWriter, That he excelled ihe Feyptians, in wisdom
Who excelled al other Morrals. Thus isit set down in the Scripture, For
Moses his Encomium, chathe vas learned in allthe Wisdom of the ESyP.
tians; andche Franscendeney oF Solomons Wildom is likerise chus
expresed, by che Writer oF che Bookol Kines, thac ic excelled the
Wisdom os al the Children of theFast. connery, and all the Wisdon of
Ferpr. Where by che Children oF che PaF, are chieAy meant che
Pertian Maei, and the Chaldeans; and chere Peemsto be a Climax here.
chac solomons Wildom did noc only excel che Wisdom OF thC MaeI
and oF the Chaldeans, buc also chac oF the Feyptians chemselves.
Frommhence it appears, thac in solomons time Feypt was che chiet
SchooloE Licerature in the Whole Worid, and chac the Grecles vere
ehen but licele or not at all takcen notice ob, nor had any considerable
Fame Cor Learming. For Whichcause, we can by no means sive cre-
dic co chacol Philo in che Lite oE Moses, chac besides che PBy Ptian
Prieles, Learned men vere sent Por by Pharaohs DauBhtCF, out OF
Greece to instruet Moses. Whereas ic is manifest trom che Orcckim
Monuments chemselves, thaE FOr many Ages aCter solomons time, the
most Pamons ot the Grccks, travella into Kerpt to reccire Culture
andLiterature, 25 Eycurgus, Solon, Thales and mans others, amongle
whom vere eythacoras and Plato. Concernins che Former oF irhict
Tsocrates rrites, that comine into Feypt, and beins chere instructed by
the Priests, he was che Crs chat brouphe PhiloCophy into Greece:
and chelacter oF chemisperstrinsed by Xenophon, becaule aizents i
ea du n, PHV Dajoes TEpgrS 35 o0iaG, nOt contented with that sm-
ple Philolophy oE Socrates (hich as litele else Besdes Morality) he
vas in love mith PeVDE, and that monstrons Wisdom of PychazOrAS.
Nom asit is noc probable chac che PCyptians, wrtio vere (o Famous FOr
Wisdom and Lcarnins, Mould be ignorant oF one Supreme Deity, 10
is it no (maII Arsumene cothe contrary, chac cher vere had in (0 great
esteem by those TmoDivine Philosophers, erthacoras and elato. We
prant indeed, that alter the Crecks Besan to Aourist in all manner ot
Licerature, the Fame oE che Feyptians mas noc ouly much cclipled,
((0 chat me hear nomore oF Cirectes travelline into Peipr uxon ine
FOrEF ACCOMPE) but allo ihat cheir ardour comards che liberat Sci
Ences, did by degrees languiltr and abate; (e ihae strabo in his time
coula