TY - BOOK AU - Frankfort Henri 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 - Philosophy, Ancient KW - Religious thought KW - 原始宗教 KW - Middle East KW - Civilization KW - To 622 KW - Near East N1 - "An Oriental institute essay."; "Contains lectures given as a public course in the Division of the humanities of the University of Chicago."; Includes bibliographies; 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. Thefunction of the state. The good life. ByThorkild Jacobsen--The Hebrews: God. Man. Man in the world. Nation, society, and politics. By W. A. Irwin. Conclusion: The emancipation ofthought from myth, by H. and H. A. Frankfort ER -