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The Immortality of Writers is an Ancient Egyptian wisdom text likely to have been used as an instructional work in schools. It is recorded on the verso side of the Chester Beatty IV papyrus (BM 10684) held in the British Museum .
Dag Herbjørnsrud, writing for the American Philosophical Association, describes the 3200-year-old manuscript "The Immortality of Writers", or "Be a Writer" (c. 1200 BC), as a "remarkable example of classical Egyptian philosophy." [5] The manuscript, attributed to the writer Irsesh, states:
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This category is for wisdom literature that was written in the Middle Eastern regions of Egypt, Syria-Palestine, Mesopotamia and Iran before the Hellenistic period. Old Testament wisdom literature has been included because it stands in this tradition.
Authors often use immortality as a theme in fictional narratives to explore its consequences on society and the individual as a thought experiment. [9] [21] [22] For many of these stories, the purpose is to serve as a cautionary tale. [2] [9] It is also used for social commentary and as the basis for both utopian and dystopian fiction.
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A Beginner's Guide to Immortality: Extraordinary People, Alien Brains, and Quantum Resurrection. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press. ISBN 978-1-56025-984-8. Rohde, Erwin (1925). Psyche: The Cult of Souls and Belief in Immortality among the Greeks. New York: Harper & Row. Salmond, Stewart (1903). The Christian Doctrine of Immortality (PDF).
Geraldine Dorothy Cummins (24 January 1890 –24 August 1969) was an Irish spiritualist medium, novelist and playwright. [1] She began her career as a creative writer, but increasingly concentrated on mediumship and "channelled" writings, mostly about the lives of Jesus and Saint Paul, though she also published on a range of other topics.