The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni

INTRODUCTION

Memorials of the Past--The Land of Darkness--The Time of Ptah-Hotep--Concerning the Book--The Treatise of Ke'Gemni--Date of the Manuscript--An Egyptian Chesterfield--Who was Ptah-Hotep?--His Teaching--Views on Women--The Gods of Egypt--Previous Translations--The Oldest Book Known

Is there anything whereof it may be said, See, this is new! It hath been already...