Truthfulness in All Things
Speaking truth and living honestly aligns one with Ma'at. Deception, even when seemingly advantageous, ultimately brings downfall.
Speaking truth and living honestly aligns one with Ma'at. Deception, even when seemingly advantageous, ultimately brings downfall.
Ma'at is great and lasting in effect. It has not been disturbed since the time of Osiris.
Instructions of Ptahhotep
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- What ancient Egypt says about good and evil
Lying is treated as a practical error as well as a moral one. Ptahhotep's argument is that deception collapses in the end, whatever it gains at first.