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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 135

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notheismsucceeds to polytheism. In Egypt, religious speculationarrived on the threshold of thisdoctrine. Its depths were dimlyperceived, and it was even taughtby the select class of priests whowere the philosophers of thosedays ; but the monotheistic con-ception never penetrated into theminds of… … iSn.< Fig. 35,—Ptali, from a bronze in theLouvre. Actual size. 1 In his work entitled Des deux Yeux du Disqiie solaire, M. Grkbaut seems to havevery clearly indicated how far we are justified in saying that Egyptian religiousspeculation at times approached monotheism {Recueil de Travaux, etc.,…

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