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“It is this sense of unity of being that forms the first ground for a Maatian environmental ethics. The natural ethical concerns of Maatian ethics, then, flow first from the concept of a holistic universe, an inclusive order founded on and sustained by Maat. Ancient Egyptians had the highest respect for nature and felt and expressed a kinship with it. In fact, in their concept of nature and the working of Maat in the world, they linked the human condition with conditions in the natural world. Thus, they linked social and political justice with the good harvest, the high Nile, and the regularity of time.”

-Maulana Karenga, Maat: The Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt