The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: An Essay on Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East

Chicago,: The University of Chicago press. Edited by H. A. Groenewegen-Frankfort, John Albert Wilson, Thorkild Jacobsen & William Andrew Irwin (1946)
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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.

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