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Before philosophy : 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.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954.
- Series:
- Pelican books ; A198.
- Pelican books ; A198
- Standardized Title:
- Intellectual adventure of ancient man
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religious thought--To 600.
- Religious thought.
- Civilization, Ancient.
- Philosophy, Ancient.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)
- Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)
- Potok, Chaim (autograph) (Potok Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 275 pages, 13 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Harmondsworth, Middlesex ;] [Baltimore, Maryland.] : Penguin Books, [1949]
- 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 of the state. The function of the state. The good life. By Thorkild Jacobsen.
- Conclusion: The emancipation of thought from myth, by H. and H. A. Frankfort.
- Notes:
- "An Oriental Institute essay."
- Originally published under title: The intellectual adventure of ancient man by The University of Chicago Press, 1946.
- Includes index.
- Publisher's advertisements: [10] pages at end.
- Local Notes:
- Gotham Book Mart Collection copy 1959 reprint.
- Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.
- Potok Collection copy has autograph of "Herman Potok Los Angeles Sept. 20, 1957".
- Potok Collection copy is 1954 reprint.
- OCLC:
- 1904146
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