Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne

The principle of maât, born at the end of the fourth millennium in the Nile Valley, not only nourished Egyptian law but also refined the concept of justice in its duality and allowed the handling of structural inequalities in pharaonic antiquity. Maât was taught by priests, who were regarded as phil...

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Main Author: Bernadette Menu
Format: Article
Language:fra
Published: L’Harmattan 2015-04-01
Series:Droit et Cultures
Subjects:
Law
Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/3510
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spelling doaj-086aaf65e56d4b5693821eb6302137102020-11-24T20:48:25ZfraL’HarmattanDroit et Cultures0247-97882109-94212015-04-01695173Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienneBernadette MenuThe principle of maât, born at the end of the fourth millennium in the Nile Valley, not only nourished Egyptian law but also refined the concept of justice in its duality and allowed the handling of structural inequalities in pharaonic antiquity. Maât was taught by priests, who were regarded as philosophers by the Greeks, through whom they necessarily influenced the polished concepts of justice and law in Aristotle and then Cicero; which is what the article aims to demonstrate.http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/3510Cosmic OrderGeneral JusticeLawLegal DoctrineMaâtParticular Justice
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Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne
Droit et Cultures
Cosmic Order
General Justice
Law
Legal Doctrine
Maât
Particular Justice
author_facet Bernadette Menu
author_sort Bernadette Menu
title Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne
title_short Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne
title_full Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne
title_fullStr Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne
title_full_unstemmed Maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’Égypte ancienne
title_sort maât, ordre social et inégalités dans l’égypte ancienne
publisher L’Harmattan
series Droit et Cultures
issn 0247-9788
2109-9421
publishDate 2015-04-01
description The principle of maât, born at the end of the fourth millennium in the Nile Valley, not only nourished Egyptian law but also refined the concept of justice in its duality and allowed the handling of structural inequalities in pharaonic antiquity. Maât was taught by priests, who were regarded as philosophers by the Greeks, through whom they necessarily influenced the polished concepts of justice and law in Aristotle and then Cicero; which is what the article aims to demonstrate.
topic Cosmic Order
General Justice
Law
Legal Doctrine
Maât
Particular Justice
url http://journals.openedition.org/droitcultures/3510
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