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 / by H. Frankfort ... [et. al.]
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Chicago : The University of Chicago press, c1946.
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T0178128
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English
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vii, 401 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction: Myth and reality, by H. and H. A. Frankfort.--Egypt: The nature of the universe. The function of the state. The values of life. By J. A. Wilson.--Mesopotamia: The cosmos as a state. The function of the state. The good life. By Thorkild Jacobsen.--The Hebrews: God. Man. Man in the world...
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Publisher
Chicago : The University of Chicago press, c1946.
Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
c1946.
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The intellectual adventure of ancient man : an essay on speculative thought in the ancient Near East / by H. Frankfort ... [et. al.]
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"An Oriental institute essay."
"Contains lectures given as a public course in the Division of the humanities of the University of Chicago."--Pref.
Includes bibliographies.
Transferred from: N290/4.
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c1946.
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T0178128
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74VvG6LAkerA
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290
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991012528579702626
