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Summary: MASTER ISLAM 7 ALLAH FROM 178 CLINTON "BLACK KNIGHTS"
Review: THIS BOOK IS ABSOLUTLEY FANTASTIC AND I AM GLAD THAT IT IS AVAILABLE THIS BOOK TELLS YOU ABOUT CIVILIZATION AND THE REAL BACKGROUND ON CIVILIZATION.IT MAKES EVERY ONE THINK AND SEEK MORE KNOWLEDGE TO FIND OUT MORE ON OUR LEGACIES. ONE OF MY NATIONS BROTHERS WHICH IS THE AUTHOR IS GIVING EVERY BLACK PERSON AND AFRICAN PEOPLE KNOWLEDGE IN SELF NOW YOU MUST SEEK IT WE ARE ALL GODZ. PEACE TO THE GODS AND EARTHS
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Summary: nothing more than infantile wordplays.....
Review: This book is nothing but a racially motivated monstrocity in the school of the Nazist distortions of history (ie that Dorians were Germanic Aryan extraction, et cetera). George James is such a blatant ignoramus as to assert that Philosophy is not a Greek word! In fact, he goes as far as to suggest that correct Indoeuropean usage would be the English -lov- prefix, which in fact, has, quite simply, never been used in the Greek language's history! And he even presumes to say that this word --philo-- was rarely ever found (! ) in the Greek language, when in fact, it has been used for thousands of years with the exact meaning of love! The truth is that -philo- used as the DEFINITIVE verb meaning "to love", and also having many derivatories like philos (=friend) has been one of the most widely used words in the Greek language, and has remained so for over 3000 years of linguistic evolution. Philo is the first synthetic to tens of hundreds of Greek words, used, for example in philokalia (love for beauty which is kallos in Greek), philokerdeia (love for profit, which is kerdos in Greek), philomatheia (love for learning, which is matheisis/gnosis in Greek), philoxenia (love for strangers, who are xeni in Greek, aka hospitality), philopatria (love for patris, which is Greek for homeland, aka patriotism), philalitheia (love for the truth-alitheia in Greek, aka veraciousness), philanthropia (love for fellow humans-- anthropoi in Greek-, aka humanitarianism), philargyria (lust for money--argyria in Greek, which btw is the authentic characterism for Judas in the New Testament --originally written in Greek)... And these words are only a minor fraction of the ancient Greek words made with the *Greek* prefix of --philo-- (to love), which is a word not used in any other ancient language, except in isolated words the other languages later borrowed from Greek, like philosophy, globally being acknowledged as the universally assigned word for pondering. Literally thousands of widely used ancient Greek words are made with the prefix of philo, meaning to love, and yet this racist claims that it is not a Greek word! Not only is --philo-- a Greek word meaning --to love--, but philo is THE DEFINITIVE Greek word meaning to love (with the only one exception of romantic love, where "eros" is used instead). The same applies to the word of --sophia-- (=wisdom), which, again, has been erroneously (yet on purpose) reported by the writer as not being Greek, because it allegedly "has no indoeuropean roots" (sic). But what does the writer mean when he says "Indoeuropean roots"? Does he mean the archetypal common Indoeuropean language, which was never to be found in the areas it evolved? But, since it was never found, how can he make the comparison? Does he, at least, make any (still meaningless) comparisons with *all* other indoeuropean languages? No. He reaches this biased conclusion (if conclusion it be considered) simply by comparing with ONE of the indoeuropean languages, English, and its definition for --sophia-- which is wisdom. Not-so-brilliant thinking. Should we, in the same logic, consider every Greek, or Indian, or Persian, or Italian and generally Indoeuropean word not coinciding with its English counterpart, as being something else than Greek/Indian/Persian/Italian and, generally, Indoeuropean? The stupidity of such a thought, is, in my humble opinion, self evident. Not to mention the fact that --sophia--, like --philo-- is found in hundreds of thousands of texts in the long history of the Greek language, along with many other Greek words deriving from it. Names like that of the Byzantine temple of Agia Sophia (God's wisdom), and words like dokisisophia (coming from dokisi=to believe, and sophia=wisdom, and meaning to believe that you are a sophos=wise man), or philosophia (love for wisdom), sophisteia (=sophistry, no explanation needed here, I think), or dousins of other words ending in --sophia--, which I cannot include in this review since my space on the page is running out. If you want a good laugh at infantile misuse of linguistics (for purposes of distortion of the truth, no less) buy this, or one of the other "Afrocentrists" books (Bernal and Diop are a good laugh, too). Otherwise, history and true linguistics' study would seem a very attractive (and useful) alternative. Vale!
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Summary: A third-rate magician
Review: This book is worse than sad, worse than untrue: it's boring. The Great George makes a dry, pseudo-scholarly list of Greek and Egyptian accomplishments and then tries to conjure a connection between them. You can just see the cards fly out of his hands. There is an amusing line in the latter part of the book: "What can we do to eradicate this...evil: the dramatization of a false tradition so as to make it appear as true?" Such is the power of self-deception: he is referring to his writings without realizing he is doing so.
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Summary: This book is terrible but I understand the purpose
Review: Hotep, I first read this book when I was 11 or 12 and I really liked it then. Unfortunately, this book is hideously flawed with regard to accuracy. As I grew older and increased my personal knowledge of Kemet/Egypt the inadequacy of this work became ridiculously obvious. James' representations of Kemetic thought are completely erroneous. That being said, I do not side with James' other critics on this page. I appreciate what he attempted to do for African people and I understand the brutality of the environment in which he operated. I honor him as an Ancestor. At the same time I am not pleased when I see people (particularly Black people) using this inaccurate work in their attempts to combat the well armed and well entrenched Eurocentrists and Neo-Eurocentrists. Neo-Eurocentrists and Eurocentrists find this book incredibly useful to their cause. Stolen Legacy is used to dismiss a diverse Afrocentric movement as a bunch of dreamers, demagouges, and ill prepared romantics. Another note: I found it very amusing how certain contributors to this page confidently stated or implied that "the Egyptians are not Black" or that "Egypt had no connection to Sub-Saharan Africa." (smile) Very cute, however one might actually want to study Kemetic religion, history, language, and culture before opening their mouths to make such inane statements. This is particularly the case with regard to Egyptian history, language, religion, and culture. The "Blackness" of this African people is not really an issue for me (I'm sure Kemet was not absolutely homogeneous)but it annoys me when silly people confidently assert that these AFRICANS were not Black. Another note: Kemet/Egypt is not the only great African civilization. Those who truly want to study Africa, live as Africans, and or assist in her ressurection cannot allow themselves to be confined to to a single branch of the African family. One more VERY IMPORTANT thing. Black/African people, particularly those who call themselves "Afrocentrists" need to stop focusing so much upon our relationship to Greece and other European civilizations. 1. We need to study Africa and our people in our own right and through our own eyes. "Proof" of our contribution or relationship with a European Civilization should not be viewed as a way of legitimizing or increasing the status of a given African Civilization. 2. Greece and European Civilizations can stand in their own right. Eurocentrists and Neo-Eurocentrists do not usually view themselves as such. They view themselves as "orthodox", "careful", "OBJECTIVE", and "SCHOLARLY" (whether they are or not). The fact is they are the established camp and they hold a greater following upon the masses. We must put works such as "Stolen Legacy" to rest and make sure that in our pursuits we are commited to accuracy and truth. This is the only path towards victory. The multitude of African Civilizations are interesting, wonderful, and legitimate without any fantasy and romanticism added to them. Di en ek ankh udja soneb (may there be given to you life, prosperity, and health)
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Summary: There's absolutely nothing new under the sun...
Review: All knowledge orinates from the One & Only, Creator of All. Therefore, all The Credit, The Praise, The Honor and THe Glory belongs to 'GOD'. Its the intellectual evolution of the human being that discovers the Universal Laws of 'GOD'. History is simply one man's interpretation of past events (his-story). Whether one chooses to subscribe to it or not, really doesn't matter. I read this book many years ago. My only advise to those interested in this work/subject is don't simply read it, but study the book. Do some research for yourself. Review works of SCHOLARS of Ancient Egyptian culture/civilization and draw your own conclusions based on the data you've gathered. Then, when you share that knowledge with others, be able to cite the references from which you've drawn your conclusions. Peace & Blessings to All
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Summary: Was this fiction or non-fiction?!
Review: Think for a second about the culture of ancient Greece and the material things that came out of that culture. Now think about the culture of ancient Egypt and the material things that came out of that culture. Notice any similarities? No? Then how could the one culture be responsible for both of their philosophies? Answer: It couldn't!
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Summary: history is about FACT and not "point of view"
Review: This book is utter nonsense. Its writer doesn't know the slightest thing about Greece or Egypt. For example he says that the existence of a god-sun called Aten (and sometimes Atum) in Egyptian mythology is proof that Egyptians established the theory of atoms!!! In fact, the Egyptian Aten sun-god was replaced by the sun-god Amon-Re long, very long before Democritus presented the atom theory, which has no relation whatsoever to Egyptian mythology. Atom is a Greek word, coming from the Greek "a" prefix (=non/no) and the Greek word "tomo" (=incision) (which the neutral for "tomi", btw). Thus, atom= the (smallest existing) particle that cannot be further intersected, exactly what the atom theory maintained. Of course, this book is a flood of inconsistencies, fabrications, lies and hatred propaganda. It has been mentioned a thousand times before, but I feel obligated to mention myself that Alexandria's library was built many years *after* Aristoteles' death, and yet the writer proclaims Aristotelean philosophy is the result of Aristoteles going to Alexandria's library and copying its books!!! In fact Alexandria's library was itself Greek, founded by the Greek Macedonian leader of Egypt, Ptolemy the 1st, as any historian scientist/researcher will verify. Here is what the Grolier Encyclopedia mentions about it: "The greatest large Greek library was established (3d century BC) by Ptolemy I in the museum at Alexandria, Egypt. Scholars there copied, revised, collated and edited works of the classical Greek writers. Their copies of ancient works became the standard editions on which other ancient copyists and libraries depended and, ultimately, the basis of most of the manuscripts in European libraries. The library flourished for several centuries and held about 500,000 papyrus scrolls." Also, don't be misinformed by any illiterate parrot trying to convince people that any library comparable to Alexandria has ever existed in Egypt before said achievement. It is a lie. The fact is that no other libraries senior to that of Alexandria have been found in Egypt and neither have there been speculations about any. Also, keep in mind that the first people to develop Western philosophy and philosophical thinking were Greek (at about the same time with the Asiatic Indian tradition and earlier than the Chinese). There is no Egyptian philosophy at this timeframe (neither, of course, earlier than this timeframe) we are speaking of, and this is not said with any intention to belittle the Egyptians' important advances in other sectors of human activity. It is simply a fact, that we have manuscripts of Egyptian religious beliefs, for example, or manuscripts reporting the restoration works on pyramids, or the pharaohs' succession, but there are absoutely *no* Egyptian manuscripts on philosophy, and there is no mention of such texts by anyone, contemporary or ancient. Of course these scientifically proven facts mean nothing for this writer, because this work clearly serves political agenda more than everything else. Its sole purpose is to maintain (and pertain to) the afrocentrist political/racial bigotry. What else could be the purpose of someone who goes so far as to say that the Athenean Acropolis, the Parthenon, is <snigger> a copy of Egyptian architecture(!). Anyone who knows the slightest thing about Egyptian architecture, Egyptology, or general archaeology is aware that there is no connection between Greek and Egyptian architecture. Ask yourselves: do Egyptians have anything similar to the Parthenon? Since they don't, how can this writer accuse Greeks of copying the Parthenon (!!!) from Egyptians? It's simple: he is based on pure malice, as well as racial prejudices and bigotry. Which is also the reason moronic (not to mention paranoid) afrocentrists say that Egyptians helped Greeks win the Persian wars. So say the bigots. But how could Egyptians help Greeks win the Persian wars? Not a single Egyptian archer fought on the Persian wars on a side other than that of the Persians. Why is it so, the ignoramus illiterate will ask. EGYPTIANS WERE UNDER PERSIAN RULE when Leonida's Spartans heroically defended Thermopylae, or when the Greeks defeated Persians for the first time at the Marathon battle, and later, at Plateus battle, or when the Greeks burned the Persian fleet at the sea fight in Salamis!!! And they remained under Persian rule through the whole period of the Greeks' prevalence over the world's superpower (the Persians, that is, ruling Egyptians from 525Bc to 404 bc, and from 341 to 331 bc, when Alexander the Great, the Macedonian leader of Greece entered Egypt and was accepted as equal to Gods, and then pronounced pharaoh by the Egyptians). Read the book, if you must, and decide for yourselves. I, for once, am reluctant to believe that the unprecedented bigotry in this book represents any more than a insignificantly small fraction of non-thinking, feeble minded illiterates. And if you should decide to learn the scientific community's view on this subject, read any of professor Lefkowitz's work, or any other historian's views, for that matter of fact. As for those reviewers that criticize all others as being "ignorant or racist" because they disagree with neo-nazist pseudo-history, I would suggest them get some facts and evidence on their beliefs next time they post, here or anywhere. Saying rage is proof of racism is both ignorant and mala fide, but however illogical the argument may be, it could serve as proof to James' racism, since there is nothing more than hatred and rage on this book. But, exactly like Holocaust deniers, rabid nationalists, and George James, these reviewers do nothing else than to insult anyone disagreeing with this book and its author, even though all these people have given Evidence and Facts to Prove the historical truth.
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Summary: ridiculous <see arguments in review>
Review: This book has no other purpose than to belittle and slander the magnificent Ancient Greeks, and steal the Greeks' astonishing cultural achievements in order to claim them for the Egyptians, who, according to the writer, were black!!! First of all, the ancient Egyptians have no relation whatsoever to sub-Saharan blacks --- this is proven by historical facts and records, as well as the science of ethnology. Second, there has never been anything such as "Egyptian philosophy". Egyptians did not philosophize. There is no Egyptian hieroglyph text (not even a single paragraph) containing philosophy, and no reference to any Egyptian philosophy by anyone, Greek or Roman, Phoenician or Hebrew, Persian or Mede. (The library of Alexandria, by the way, was made by the Greek ruler of Egypt, Ptolemy the First, and its purpose was studying the Greek classic philosophers more than anything else. And it was made after Aristoteles' death, thus Aristoteles could not have gone there and copied/looted the library, as the writer supports. Also, there were other big libraries in other parts of the world, many of them having been found, so if ancient Egyptian philosophy existed, I assure you it would have been found in the library of Pergamus or Nineveh for example, or any of the ancient world's big libraries. As for the writer's claims that Greeks stole their language from Egyptians, or that the Greek architecture is a cheap copy of Egyptian, one would have to be ignorant to even take them seriously. Compare the two languages (Greek and Egyptian), and you'll see they are as disrelated to each other as Spanish (my mother language, btw) to Chinese, as any first-year liguistics student will confirm. Parenthesis: Philosophia is most certainly a Greek word. Saying Philosophia has no Indoeuropean roots and therefore is not Greek shows outmost ignorance. You see, Greek are an Indoeuropean language, thus every word that is found in Greek and *no* other (non-indoeuropean) language is certainly certified as "indoeuropean" (case in point: philosophia). Unfortunately, the archetypal common "indoeuropean" language is not found, so one cannot reach conclusions by comparing any word from any European language to the not- known common indoeuropean language. The theory for a common indoeuropean language is not based on that common mother-language, since such a language has not been found. It is based on similaritites between the different indoeuropean languages themselves. As for architecture, as one reviewer has put it, next time you go to Egypt, seek for any architecture that even remotely reminds you of Greece. You won't find any, because there is no relation between the two types of architectonic (again, like all architecture and historians alike will confirm).
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Summary: reverse racism against ancient Greeks
Review: This book is full of ridiculously intense hate propaganda against the ancient Greeks. It misrepresents the most obvious facts and serves no other purpose than to slander Ancient Greek philosophy in favour of an immensely fanatic attribution of all the Western World's great cultural achievements to the African continent. The writer's fanaticism becomes painfully (if not ridiculously) obvious when he maintains that Aristoteles has stolen his ideas from the Alexandria library, which, in fact, was founded after Aristoteles' death.
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Summary: it,s time for america to learn the the truth.
Review: here we are exsposing the european how could invent philosophy in less than ten years the european was being taught by the egyptians and when egypt conquered and librarys raided you cliamed the work as your own and forced the world to believe it through murder and blood shed america your evil deeds are caught up with you and are now being reveiled just as your anicent brothers the greeks and romans.america the washington monument is from egypt stolen by looters america you murdered over 80-million so called indians and took this land this is stolen land your deeds will not go unpunished america check your weather patterns not normal what do you think sounds like warnings to me like in the days of noah america you are on your death bed with a i.v. in your arm your army,s are weak and no one in the world likes you repent and the holy father will save you but only if you humble yourself.
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