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But the principle of opposites originated from the Egyptian Mystery System, whose Gods were
male and female, and whose temples carried in front of them two pillars as symbols of the
principle of opposites. It is obvious that Aristotle was not the author of this doctrine, but the
Egyptians. (Aristotle's Metaphysics I, 5, 985b, 24; Aristotle's Metaphysics I, 5, 98b, 31).
(Aristotle's Metaphysics I, 6, 987b, 9; Wm. Turner's Hist. of Phil., p. 41; 47; 48). (Plato's Phaedo,
c. 15; c. 16 and c. 49; Parmenides 132D). (Memphite Theology, King-ship and the Gods, by
Frankfort, c. 3, p. 25, 26, 35). (Egyptian Religion by Frankfort, p. 64, 73, 88).

2. The existence of God

(a) The teleological concept has not only been embraced by Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, but
also by the peoples of the remotest antiquity. In the accounts found in the first chapter of Genesis
and in the Memphite Theology, found in chapters 20 and 23 of Frankfort's Ancient Egyptian
Religion, creation proceeds from chaos to order, by definite and gradual steps, showing design
and purpose in nature, and suggesting that it must be the work of a divine Intelligence. The dates
of these sources carry us far back into antiquity, many centuries before the time of Aristotle,
between 2000 and 5000 B.C.

We are also told that in addition to the teleological concept, Aristotle introduced the concept of
the "Unmoved Mover" in order to prove the existence of God. But the "Unmoved Mover" is
none other than the Atum of the Memphite Theology of the Egyptians, the Demiurge, through
whose command (logos) four pairs of Gods were created out of different parts of his body and
who accordingly moved out of him. This act of creation took place while Atum remained
unmoved; as he embraced Ptah. Thus the family of Nine Gods was created, and has been named
the Ennead. It is quite clear that the concept of the "Unmoved Mover" is derived from the
Egyptian theological or mystery system, and not from Aristotle, as the modern world has been
made to believe.

N.B.

Incidentally, but no less important, it might be mentioned here that in this story of the created
Gods by Atum the Sun God into a family of nine, i.e., the Ennead, we have the original source of
two important scientific hypotheses of modern times:

(1) There are nine major planets and (2) The Sun is the parent of the other planets (This latter
being supported by the Nebular Hypothesis). Let us remember also that (a) the worship of the
planets began in Egypt and (b) the Egyptian temples were the first observatories of history.

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