The intellectual adventure of ancient man : an essay on speculative thought in the ancient Near East /

The intellectual adventure of ancient man : an essay on speculative thought in the ancient Near East /

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Author / Creator:	Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954.
Imprint:	Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1946, 1977.
Description:	vii, 401 pages ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Series:	A phoenix book Essays / University of Chicago. Oriental Institute Phoenix books (Chicago, Ill.) Essays (University of Chicago. Oriental Institute)
Subject:	Religious thought -- To 600. Philosophy, Ancient. Mythology, Classical. Religion. Mythology, Classical. Intellectual life. Civilization. Philosophy, Ancient. Religious thought. Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622. Middle East -- Religion. Middle East -- Intellectual life. Middle East -- Civilization. Middle East.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/140872
Related Items:	Online version: Intellectual adventure of ancient man.

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Other authors / contributors:	Groenewegen-Frankfort, H. A. (Henriette Antonia), 1896-1982. Wilson, John A. (John Albert), 1899-1976. Jacobsen, Thorkild, 1904-1993. Irwin, William A. (William Andrew), 1884-1967.
ISBN:	0226260089 9780226260082
Notes:	"An Oriental institute essay." "Contains lectures given as a public course in the Division of the humanities of the University of Chicago."--Preface Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	To people in ancient times the phenomenal world was teeming with life; the thunderclap, the sudden shadow, the unknown and eerie clearing in the wood, all were living things. This unabridged edition traces the fascinating history of thought from the pre-scientific, personal concept of a "humanized" world to the achievement of detached intellectual reasoning. The authors describe and analyze the spiritual life of three ancient civilizations: the Egyptians, whose thinking was profoundly influenced by the daily rebirth of the sun and the annual rebirth of the Nile; the Mesopotamians, who believed the stars, moon, and stones were all citizens of a cosmic state; and the Hebrews, who transcended prevailing mythopoeic thought with their cosmogony of the will of God. In the concluding chapter the Frankforts show that the Greeks, with their intellectual courage, were the first culture to discover a realm of speculative thought in which myth was overcome. -- from back cover
Other form:	Online version: Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954. Intellectual adventure of ancient man. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©1946, 1977

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