of proclamations, inscriptions, and statues of themselves. For recognition, even the giving of charity to the poor was done in the most conspicuous way possible. What others thought of you counted more than what you thought of yourself, so that there resulted what scholars call a dyadic personality, one determined largely by others rather than highly individualistic (contrast “being your own person” and “doing your own thing”). Rampant Immorality • “Isis and Osiris were enamored of each other and
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