The main idea of Stolen Heritage is to show that ancient Egyptian teachings and education were taught to certain historical figures, were then brought to Athens and taught there and then passed on like Greek philosophy, practically stolen. The men who went down in history as "great philosophers" or "great thinkers" were the ones who made it appear as if they were creating this knowledge. Men like Socrates, who was from Athens; Plato, also an Athenian; and also Aristotle who was Greek but was forced to leave when Socrates was sentenced to death. These men and others went to Egypt and studied with Egyptian priests and students and returned to Greece with these teachings and ideas and passed them off as their own. When Alexander invaded Egypt and destroyed their library, the Greeks also got their hands on ancient Egyptian books and manuscripts in this way. Reading Greek history we know of no documents from the school of these Greek philosophers before they came forward with the knowledge they claimed was theirs. All that is said is probable birth dates and probable education dates. Nothing is certain. In addition to Socrates, some philosophers were also put on trial and under investigation for introducing new deities, also known as gods, into Athenian culture. Proving once again that the culture and teachings of the Egyptians were stolen, there is no way to explain the fact that the Greek philosophers could have created new gods. Books like the peri physeos, as the Greeks called it, were a great example of stolen teachings. This was the first known book about science and nature. The teachings in this book are said to have been stolen from the Museum I...... middle of paper ......h. Contains the theological, cosmological and philosophical views of the Egyptians. Inscribed is also the name of an Egyptian pharaoh who copied an inscription of his ancestors, around 700 BC, the time in which one of the first dynasties, Memphis, developed in Egypt. Memphite theology is made up of 3 parts of text and philosophy. I am starting to understand how the ideas in Stolen Legacy and what I know and have been taught so far about Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated's donor establishment process come into play with ancient Egyptian philosophy. The whole idea of the Neophyte and the secret society, nothing written down, no paper trail, makes sense to me. Many things are still unclear to me, such as the true meaning of Neophyte as it relates to the history of Alpha Phi Alpha versus Egyptian history and the steps to becoming a Neophyte.
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