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(i) The Theory of Ideas, which he illustrated by reference to the phenomena of nature, is a
distinction between the Ideas or noumena and their copies the phenomena; and between the real
and unreal, by the application of the principle of opposites, which was manifested by the
Egyptian Mystery System by male and female Gods and pairs of pillars carried in front of
Egyptian temples.

(ii) The doctrine of the Mind or Nous has also been traced to the "Open Eye" used in Egyptian
temples and modern Masonic lodges to symbolize the omniscience and omnipotence of the
Egyptian God Osiris.

(iii) The doctrine of the Demiurge and created Gods have also been traced to Atom the Sun God
in the creation story of the Memphite Theology of the Egyptians.

(iv) The doctrine of the Summum Bonum or Greatest Good has been shown to be identical with
the theory of salvation of the Egyptian Mystery System. The salvation of the soul was the
purpose of philosophy, whose methods of purification lifted the individual from the level of a
mortal and advanced him to the level of a God. This goal was the Summum Bonum or Greatest
Good.

(v) The doctrine of the Ideal State whose attributes have been compared with the attributes of the
soul and justice which are contained in the allegory of the charioteer and winged steeds, points to
Egyptian origin because the allegory has been traced to the Judgment Drama of the Egyptian
Book of the Dead.

(vi) The doctrines of virtue and wisdom have been shown to have originated from the Egyptian
Mystery System which required ten virtues in order to subjugate the ten bodily impediments.

7. Aristotle

1. The life of Aristotle is one of discrepancies and doubts.

(i) While like other philosophers, history does not know anything about his early life and
education, yet it tells the strange story that he spent 20 years as a pupil under Plato, that he never
went to Egypt and that Alexander the Great gave him the money to secure the vast number of
books which are attached to his name. But history also tells us that Plato was a philosopher and
that Aristotle was a scientist and consequently we are forced to ask the question: why should a
man like Aristotle waste 20 years of his life under a Teacher who was incompetent to teach him?
These circumstances have led to the suspicion that Aristotle must have spent the greater part of
those 20 years in advancing his education in Egypt and in accompanying Alexander the Great on
his invasion of Egypt, when he got the opportunity to ransack the library at Alexandria and carry
off all the books which he wanted.

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