01761cam a22003611  4500001000700000003000400007005001700011008004100028010001700069035001100086040003100097043001200128050001400140082001500154100002900169245013300198260005300331300002400384336002600408337002800434338002700462500003500489500012000524504002900644505043100673650003101104650002501135651003901160700008201199700004801281700003601329700003401365275286OSt20261008081455.0730522s1946    ilu      b    000 0 eng    a   47001318   a275286  aDLCcIRDPdDLCdOCoLCdDLC  aaw-----00aBL96b.F800a153.42 INT1 aFRANKFORT, Hd1897-1954.14aTHE INTELLECTUAL ADVENTURE OF ANCIENT MANban essay of speculative thought in the ancient near eastcBY H.A. FRANKFORT {et...al}  aCHICAGObTHE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESSc[1946]  avii, 401 p.c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"An Oriental institute essay."  a"Contains lectures given as a public course in the Division of the humanities of the University of Chicago."--Pref.  aIncludes bibliographies.0 aIntroduction: 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. Nation, society, and politics. By W. A. Irwin. Conclusion: The emancipation of thought from myth, by H. and H. A. Frankfort. 0aReligious thoughtyTo 600. 0aPhilosophy, Ancient. 0aMiddle EastxCivilizationyTo 622.1 aGroenewegen-Frankfort, H. A.q(Henriette Antonia),d1896-1982,ejoint author.1 aWilson, John A.q(John Albert),d1899-1976.1 aJacobsen, Thorkild,d1904-1993.1 aIrwin, William Andrew,d1884-