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Taken from : EGYPT & INDIA and The Origins of Hinduism, Yoga, Buddhism and Dharma
I will definitely be spending alot of time studying Aristotle in the near future.
Thales was the first Greek philosopher of whom there is any knowledge, and therefore he is
sometimes called the “Father of Greek Philosophy.”
After studying in Egypt with the Sages of the Ancient Egyptian temples, he founded the Ionian school of natural philosophy which held that a single elementary
matter, water, is the basis of all the transformations of nature.
The similarity between this teaching, the
Ancient Egyptian Primeval Waters and the creation story in Genesis may be noted here.
The ancient
writings of the Greeks state that Thales visited Egypt and was initiated by the Egyptian priests into the
Egyptian Mystery System, and that he learned astronomy, surveying, engineering, and Egyptian Theology
during his time in Egypt.
This would have certainly included the theologies related to Asar, Amun and
Ptah.
Pythagoras was a native of Samos who traveled often to Egypt on the advice of Thales and received
education there.
He was introduced to each of the Egyptian priests of the major theologies which
comprised the whole of the Egyptian religious system based on the Trinity principle (Amen-Ra-Ptah).
Each of these legs of the Trinity were based in three Egyptian cities.
These were Heliopolis (Priesthood of
Ra), Memphis (Priesthood of Ptah) and in Thebes (Priesthood of Amen {Amun}) in Egypt.
In reference to the Ionian school that Thales founded after his studies in Egypt, a student from that
school, Socrates, became one of the most famous sage-philosophers.
Socrates (470? -399? B.C.E.) was
regarded as one of the most important philosophers of ancient Greece.
He ended up spending most of his
life in Athens, however, he was known to have studied under the Ionian philosophers.
This establishes a
direct link between Socrates and his teaching with Ancient Egypt.
Socrates had a tremendous influence on
many disciples.
One of the most popular of these was Plato. Plato in turn taught others, including Aristotle
(384-322 B.C.E.) who was Plato’s disciple for 19 years. After Plato’s death, Aristotle opened a school of
philosophy in Asia Minor.
Aristotle educated Philip of Macedon’s son, Alexander (Alexander the Great),
between the years 343 and 334 B.C.E. Aristotle then returned to Athens and opened a school in the
Lyceum, near Athens; here Aristotle lectured to his students. He urged Alexander onto his conquests since
in the process, he, Aristotle, was able to gain in knowledge from the ancient writings of the conquered
countries.
After Alexander’s conquest of Egypt, Aristotle became the author of over 1,000 books on
philosophy. Building on Plato’s Theory of the Forms, Aristotle developed the theory of The Unmoved
Mover, which is a direct teaching from Memphite Theology in Ancient Egypt. Among his works are De
Anima, Nicomachean Ethics and Metaphysics.
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I will definitely be spending alot of time studying Aristotle in the near future.
