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Femergy · (#51 (**permalink**))

Thoth B3 wrote:

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I think you guys already know I am going to come with Kemetic or Nile Valley inspired names for the proposed Philosophy Forum.Â* I find it appropriate, considering Kemet was considered the "breadbasket of the world" where European and West Asian philosophies had roots in African cultures before the Indo-European and Semitic climate changes.Â* Anyhow, here are my proposed names for the Philosophy Forum:

-Amenhotep's Philosophy Corner: He was a wise Pharaoh during the 18th Dynasty that many archaeologists believe is probably the person the Biblical King Solomon was modelled after.Â* If we disect the name, Amenhotep could mean "The Divine Hidden Peace."Â* Philosophy is often aimed at finding, conceptualizing, or determining that which seems to be hidden so that we may have peace with ourselves.Â* In some modes of African Spirituality, some may call this a divine accomplishment.

Akenaten

-Tehuti's Philosophy Corner: "There is a clear concept of Thoth [Tehuti] as a conciliator among the deities because, as one text puts it, the 'peace of the [ntrw] gods' is in him.Â* The skill of his words brings order to warring factions in Egypt itself.Â* However as early as his appearance in the Pyramid Texts there are hints that Thoth would be merciless to enemies of truth, decapitating them and cutting out their hearts...Thoth as 'lord of the sacred words' gave to the Egyptians the knowledge of how to write by picture symbols, hence hieroglyphs could always possess a magical force.Â* Scribes regarded themselves as 'followers of Thoth'.Â* There were a privileged professional class.." pg. 215 - A Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses by George Hart

-Room for 'Coming Forth By Light'

-Philosopher's Corner

A philosophy forum really would encompass many different things.Â* It could very well be topics that have been posted in the "Village Square", "News and Politics" (for political philosophies), "Religion & Spirituality", and especially "What Black Means to you".Â* Since we already have the religion forum, either embed it into the new philosophy forum or put stipulations on the new forum where it cannot have religious or spiritual topics besides classicalÂ*things like a proof for the existence of God.Â* I think that the content of the forum is largely going to be what people here deem as philosophy.Â* I know that there are certain topics in the other forums I definitely would put into a philosophy forum.