TY  - BOOK
AU  - Frankfort,Henri
AU  - Groenewegen-Frankfort,H.A.
AU  - Wilson,John A.
AU  - Jacobsen,Thorkild
AU  - Irwin,William Andrew
TI  - The intellectual adventure of ancient man: an essay on speculative thought in the ancient Near East,
AV  - BL96 .F8
U1  - 290 
PY  - 1946///]
CY  - Chicago
PB  - The University of Chicago press
KW  - Religious thought
KW  - To 600
KW  - Philosophy, Ancient
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Civilization
KW  - To 622
N1  - "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; 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. Nation, society, and politics. By W. A. Irwin. Conclusion: The emancipation of thought from myth, by H. and H. A. Frankfort
ER  -