Of course, Lenin was to adopt the title for one of his own books. The influence of ideas derived from literature, whether forgotten, disreputable, or plain bad, is not only a matter of historical interest. One of the tenets of Afrocentric revisionism now in widening circulation is that Western civilization derives from an Egyptian mystery system, and that Greek philosophy is a plagiarism of it. This once-popular novel appears to have influenced the Masons of the period, who absorbed some of its descriptions into their rites. Greek Philosophy Is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy , of a speculative tradition extending back to a black ancient Egypt.
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