Le sage et l'insensé. La composition et la transmission des sagesses démotiques. Islam as the intermediary between god

as the intermediary between god and mortals

but living realities continuing to inspire daily morality and to nourish the metaphysical hopes opened by the Phaedo

but which had initially been meant for erection in various sites in Upper and Middle Egypt

discovered during the excavations at Salamis in Cyprus

Their characteristics and role depended momentarily on the verbal and performative ritual environment they were part of

Le sage et l'insensé. La composition et la transmission des sagesses démotiques. Islam as the intermediary between godLibrary of the School of Advanced Studies, volume 347. "Demotic wisdoms are collections of proverbs attested only in Greek and Roman Egypt. We have resumed the analysis of this file from the angle of the composition of the proverbs. This leads to isolating different stanzas and highlighting different mnemonic processes. Indeed, as Henri Irne Marrou had shown for the classical Greek world, recitation must have played a major role in the temple schools