Sethos: History or Life Taken from the Private Monuments of Ancient Egypt

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...only political or military antiquities, but also historical features regarding the origin and progress of human knowledge. These great writers Referring to the classical authors mentioned on the previous page, such as Herodotus and Plutarch. considered these digressions to be of great interest to the general reader, who lacks the time or patience to consult other sources.

I will admit, however, that the sight of my entire translated text made me fear the inconvenience of interruptions—either too long or too frequent—within a fictional life Original: "vie feinte." This refers to a literary work that uses the structure of a biography to tell a fictional story, a common technique for providing moral instruction. whose structure should make it more interesting than ordinary biographies. Therefore, I have preserved from the full detail of the original in this section only what was necessary to provide a sufficient idea of the education of a Hero, who requires extensive knowledge to be the first to undertake a very long voyage navigation: In the 18th century, this often referred to a grand maritime expedition of discovery., and to leave behind suitable laws for various peoples.