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24-03-06, 12:52 PM
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Who are the african philosphers ? I haveread plato, descarte, schopenhaur,nietzcshe, confucious, suntzu,but i have never read the work of an african philosopher.
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The philosophers that pre-date Chritianity and Islam in Africa are hard to track down.
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Ptah-Hotep being one of them and perhaps the conception of ma'at as well.
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Other than that the best bet is finding and picking out the various African proverbs, which for the most part were passed on orally and have a deeper meaning that what'sinitially ondisplay, but not altogether cryptic.
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The main differences between western philosophy and African philosophy are that the western teachings tend to be in the form of essays. i.e they tell you how to act, thinkand behave. Whereas the African ones tend to be short, and generally should encourage a person to think about things for themselves. If not they tend to come in the form of stories.
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Remember that ALL western philosophers are promoted for a reason, it's why they stand the test of time. In my eyes a real philosopher shouldn't be famous, those who you mentioned had fame when alive also, they didn't exactly dislike the attention either.
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