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Letters to My Son The Philosophical Library, 1949. The Hebrew Impact on Western Civilization The Philosophical Library, 1951. Spinoza Dictionary The Philosophical Library, 1951. Of God, the Devil and the Jews The Philosophical Library, 1952. The Soviet Impact on Society: A Recollection, 1953. Letters to My Daughter The Philosophical Library, 1954.
The context of the letter is that the Romans had destroyed Mara's city in a war, taking him prisoner along with others. The letter was written from prison to encourage the author's son to pursue wisdom. It takes the form of a set of rhetorical questions which ask about the benefits of persecuting wise men. [4] [5]
The most complete text of the Instruction of Amenemope is British Museum Papyrus 10474, acquired in Thebes by E. A. Wallis Budge in early 1888. [1] [9] The scroll is approximately 12 feet (3.7 m) long by 10 inches (250 mm) wide; the obverse side contains the hieratic text of the Instruction, while the reverse side is filled with a miscellany of lesser texts, including a "Calendar of Lucky and ...
Open letter to my son, on Nov. 6. Like most mornings, you’re in the bath with a cup of milk. I’m making my best Mr. Turtle voice and sipping my coffee. It’s early, but I’ve peeked at the ...
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Letter consists of 28 short essays, which includes a few poems and a commencement address, and is dedicated to "the daughter she never had". [2] Reviews of the book were generally positive; most reviewers recognized that the book was full of Angelou's wisdom and that it read like words of advice from a beloved grandmother or aunt.
Mother-Son Quotes: “All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That’s his.” — Oscar Wilde (TODAY Illustration)
The text is addressed to "my son", which may be a physical son, a student, a successor, or a trope of the genre, as it is in later wisdom literature. [2] Scholars have observed several pieces of ancient wisdom literature to be similar, including the Instructions of Shuruppak, Counsels of a Pessimist, and the Hymn to Šamaš (See Shamash).