The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 311
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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
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The True Intellectual System Of The Universe, fol. 311. Machine transcription, not an edition: Leibniz Legible (model FoNDUE-GD_v2_ft_Leibniz, run 74). https://leibnizlegible.com/page/1066509719:0331?run=74