Human autonomy is the key concept of Enlightenment ideas. This passage relates to those ideas because Napoleon is refering to the importance of reason over beliefs. When he says "the souls of men proceed along different roads" he is also claiming that any religion is valid to feel close to the creator. In a sense Napoleon makes reference to secularization (the idea of religion and politics should be separated and that one's method of worship should be a private matter). That is why he claims that he could be Catholic, Muslim, or Jew.
hieroglyphics and papyrus helped grow the the civilization in Egypt because it was one of the first forms of a language and could easy be made to make a hieroglyph you needed a surface and paint. on the other hand papyrus made it possible to make writing that could be delivered by one man or stored in a place not written on a wall. it was the early form of paper. much easier to carry imagine trying to deliver a giant rock with writing just not gonna happen.
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