- Bib ID:
- 2167391
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Frankfort, Henri, 1897-1954
- Description:
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- Chicago, The University of Chicago press [1946]
- vii, 401 p. 24 cm.
- Full contents:
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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.
- Notes:
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- "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.
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