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This isn't actually advice to his son (who was also destined to be vizier, and thus lots of this advice wouldn't apply to him). It's "wisdom literature", as was
by kstenerud 5y ago
This isn't actually advice to his son (who was also destined to be vizier, and thus lots of this advice wouldn't apply to him). It's "wisdom literature", as was fairly common among the royalty and elites of old (i.e. people who have little to no knowledge of what the life of the underclass is like).
It would be like Jeff Bezos or Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan releasing a worldly advice and self-help book for the commoners.
- bouvin 5y agoThe wonderful podcast Literature & History [1] did an episode on wisdom literature [2]. [1] https://literatureandhistory.com https://literatureandhistory.com [2] https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/8/1/a/81ab7d2ecc9c1f1f/episode_006_the_pros_and_cons_of_wisdom.mp3?c_id=10911161&cs_id=10911161&expiration=1645625000&hwt=e18deac3e310abdf4547c20773e3dbef https://hwcdn.libsyn.com/p/8/1/a/81ab7d2ecc9c1f1f/episode_00...