Dualism In Ancient Egypt
Bailey Daggert
John Webb
Intro to Humanities
Dualism Paper
Dualism “Dualism is the concept that our mind is more than just our brain. This concept entails that our mind has a non-material, spiritual dimension that includes consciousness and possibly an eternal attribute.” (Allabout philosophy.org) Plato was a dualist. He believed and offered that the first, oldest argument was that one’s physical body and soul are separate entities or substances that interact and that one lives on after the other has died. The idea that the mind is a separate entity and that it is completely independent of any physical body is the central point of dualism. Dualism states that the real essence or soul of a person has nothing to do with the physical aspects of the body, but rather from the nonphysical entity of the mind. Dualism …show more content…
The symbolism of life, death and rebirth was performed each day, in the Rite of The House of Morning. Priests and courtiers would be present, and the king was bathed in water from the local temple lake to symbolize his rebirth. This duality also existed within the political structure of ancient Egypt. “It was divided into two separate areas; The North, Lower Egypt – The Delta Area, which comes from the Greek, faces the Mediterranean, and is fed by two main branches of the Nile; and The South, Upper Egypt, is hemmed in by the desert. Before the unification of Egypt, there also existed two kingdoms, the Red Land (the Delta) and the White Land (The South). These were political entities, not to be confused with the Red Land – The Desert and the Black Land. The Northern Kingdom is Lower Egypt, and the Southern Kingdom is Upper Egypt.” (thewhitegoddess.co.uk) The most unambiguous concept regarding Egyptian dualism is the “Life-force” known a “Ka.” The dualism theme is also apparent in the ancient Egyptian religions’ legendary battle between Osiris and Set or
John Webb
Intro to Humanities
Dualism Paper
Dualism “Dualism is the concept that our mind is more than just our brain. This concept entails that our mind has a non-material, spiritual dimension that includes consciousness and possibly an eternal attribute.” (Allabout philosophy.org) Plato was a dualist. He believed and offered that the first, oldest argument was that one’s physical body and soul are separate entities or substances that interact and that one lives on after the other has died. The idea that the mind is a separate entity and that it is completely independent of any physical body is the central point of dualism. Dualism states that the real essence or soul of a person has nothing to do with the physical aspects of the body, but rather from the nonphysical entity of the mind. Dualism …show more content…
The symbolism of life, death and rebirth was performed each day, in the Rite of The House of Morning. Priests and courtiers would be present, and the king was bathed in water from the local temple lake to symbolize his rebirth. This duality also existed within the political structure of ancient Egypt. “It was divided into two separate areas; The North, Lower Egypt – The Delta Area, which comes from the Greek, faces the Mediterranean, and is fed by two main branches of the Nile; and The South, Upper Egypt, is hemmed in by the desert. Before the unification of Egypt, there also existed two kingdoms, the Red Land (the Delta) and the White Land (The South). These were political entities, not to be confused with the Red Land – The Desert and the Black Land. The Northern Kingdom is Lower Egypt, and the Southern Kingdom is Upper Egypt.” (thewhitegoddess.co.uk) The most unambiguous concept regarding Egyptian dualism is the “Life-force” known a “Ka.” The dualism theme is also apparent in the ancient Egyptian religions’ legendary battle between Osiris and Set or