Editing Virtue (section)

===Ancient Egypt===
[[File:Maat.svg|thumb|upright|[[Maat]], to [[ancient Egypt]]ians, personified the virtue of [[truth]] and justice. Her feather represents truth.<ref>{{cite book|last=Karenga|first=Maulana|year=2004|publisher=Routledge|title=Maat, the Moral Ideal in Ancient Egypt: A study in classical African ethics|isbn=9780415947534}}</ref>]]
[[Maat]] (or Ma'at) was the [[ancient Egypt]]ian goddess of [[truth]], [[balance (metaphysics)|balance]], [[Natural order (philosophy)|order]], [[law]], [[morality]], and [[justice]]. The word {{lang|egy|maat}} was also used to refer to these concepts. Maat was also portrayed as regulating the stars, seasons, and the actions of both mortals and the deities. The deities set the order of the universe from chaos at the moment of creation. Her (ideological) counterpart was [[Isfet (Egyptian mythology)|Isfet]], who symbolized [[chaos (mythology)|chaos]], lies, and injustice.<ref>{{multiref2
|1={{cite book| first = Norman Rufus Colin|last= Cohn| title = Cosmos, Chaos and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith| year = 1993|publisher= Yale University Press| isbn = 978-0-300-05598-6| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/cosmoschaosworld00cohn}}
|2={{cite book | last=Assmann | first=Jan | author-link=Jan Assmann| translator-last=Livingstone | translator-first=Rodney | title=Religion and Cultural Memory | publisher=Stanford University Press | date=2006 | isbn=0-8047-4523-4|url=https://archive.org/details/religioncultural0000assm|url-access=registration}}
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