Answer to Question #179360 in Philosophy for Asa

Question

The earliest forms of African Philosophy can be traced back to  . 

1.the ancient Greeks 

2.the ancient pharaohs 

3.the ancient Semites 

4.the ancient Hammites 

Answer 1

1.the ancient Greeks 

The origins of philosophy in Africa can be traced back to ancient Egypt challenges the centuries-old paradigm that philosophy has its origins in ancient Greece, where, according to conventional thought, a transition from mythological to rational thinking took place for the first time in history,