Context: The earliest recorded Western philosophy of time was expounded by the ancient Egyptian thinker Ptahhotep (c. 2650–2600 BC), who said, "Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit." The Vedas, the earliest texts on Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy, dating back to the late 2nd millennium BC, describe ancient Hindu cosmology, in which the universe goes through repeated cycles of creation, destruction, and rebirth, with each cycle lasting 4,320,000 years. Ancient Greek philosophers, including Parmenides and Heraclitus, wrote essays on the nature of time.

Question: Who expounded the earliest recorded Western philosophy of time?
Answer: Ptahhotep

Question: When do the Vedas date back to?
Answer: late 2nd millennium BC

Question: Which philosophies are the Vedas oriented with?
Answer: Indian philosophy and Hindu philosophy

Question: What do the Vedas describe?
Answer: ancient Hindu cosmology

Question: How long is the cycle of rebirth discussed in the Vedas?
Answer: 4,320,000 years

Question: What was first recorded in the 26th century BC.
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: Who warned people not to increase the time o following desire?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What is the name of the earliest Egyptian texts?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What texts date to 2000 BC?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How long did the Greeksd think a cyle of time was?
Answer: Unanswerable