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6 pages in length. While at first glance it may appear as though Akhenaten took his father's teachings and built upon them so as to enrich the lives of his people, he actually distorted the fundamental value of what Amenhotep III had taught him by altering the foundation of Egyptian piety with an unexpected and unprecedented display of extremism. Whether he misinterpreted through ignorance or purposely misconstrued his father's idea of establishing a living sun god, it can readily be argued how Akhenaten placed the entire society into a state of disbelief when he proclaimed Aten the one and only god to be worshipped, casting aside all the others as no longer belonging to the Egyptian civilization, disregarding best interests of his constituency in the process. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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what Amenhotep III had taught him by altering the foundation of Egyptian piety with an unexpected and unprecedented display of extremism. Whether he misinterpreted through ignorance or purposely misconstrued
his fathers idea of establishing a living sun god, it can readily be argued how Akhenaten placed the entire society into a state of disbelief when he proclaimed Aten the
one and only god to be worshipped, casting aside all the others as no longer belonging to the Egyptian civilization, disregarding best interests of his constituency in the process.
After his latest and most important coronation it is not long before Akhenaten makes public pronouncements that the mystery of the One God is to be represented by the disc
of the sun and by no other image. All other images representing the manifold aspects of the One God, which have formerly been called "gods" and have been worshipped
as such, are to be recognized as secondary attributes of the One God, which they always were, and nothing more (Caldecott, 2003, p. 84). To misconstrue Akhenaten as being
a religious revolutionary in the true sense of the word is to have the wrong impression about what it means to be an innovative leader whose combined perspective and actions
serve to bring about positive change. While in one negative sense, Akhenaten can be construed as a revolutionary but only because the word also represents a radical, rebellious individual
who seeks out only what benefits his desires. Akhenaten took his fathers teachings - a lifetime of experience and wisdom - and essentially took out stray bits and pieces
to formulate his own ideas (Assman, 1997); not only were these outcomes far from his father intent when bestowing such knowledge, but they also left a lasting impression that after
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