Record Details     « New Search       Brief Record Full Record MARC Record     Bibliographic Data Control Number UPD-00000018791 Date and Time of Latest Transaction 20090716193541.0 General Information 080209s1946 us 000 eng Language Code eng Local Call Number BL 96 F8 Main Entry - Personal Name Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954. Title Statement The intellectual adventure of ancient man : an essay on speculative thought in the ancient Near East / by H. and H. A. Frankfort, John A. Wilson, Thorkild Jacobsen [and] William A. Irwin Physical Description vii, 401 p General Note "An Oriental institute essay."   "Contains lectures given as a public course in the Division of the humanities of the University of Chicago."--Pref Formatted Contents Note 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 Subject Added Entry - Topical Term *Religious thought -- To 600   Civilization, Ancient   Philosophy, Ancient Subject Added Entry - Geographic Name Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622 Added Entry - Personal Name Frankfort, Henriette Antonia (Groenewegen), 1896-   Irwin, William Andrew, 1884-   Jacobsen, Thorkild, 1904-   Wilson, John Albert, 1899- Collection Category FO Format Paper Location UP DMLS BL 96 F8 00100016 Regular Circulation 29875   UP DMLS BL 96 F8 00100018 Regular Circulation 41628   UP DMLS BL 96 F8 00100016 Regular Circulation 29875   UP DMLS BL 96 F8 00100018 Regular Circulation 41628 Textual Physical Form Designator Book           Physical Location University of the Philippines Diliman Main Library: Social Sciences Section BL 96 F8           Digital Copy Not Available          Add to Book Cart  |   Download MARC