c. 1385-c. 1355 BCE, Khemetic Pharoah
First recorded proponent of Monotheism
Adversity
Perils and misfortunes, and want, and pain, and injury, are more or less the certain lot of every man that cometh into the world. It behooveth thee, therefore, O child of calamity, early to fortify thy mind with courage and patience, that thou mayest support, with a becoming resolution, thy allotted portion of human evil.
Being / Essence / Soul
As the moon retaineth her nature, though darkness spread itself before her face as a curtain, so the Soul remaineth perfect even in the bosom of a fool.
Wisdom for The Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing , © 2004