Before Philosophy
Author | : Henri Frankfort |
Publisher | : Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
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Author | : Henri Frankfort |
Publisher | : Harmondsworth, Middlesex : Penguin Books |
Total Pages | : 300 |
Release | : 1954 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
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Author | : Henri Frankfort |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2013-06-28 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 022611256X |
The people in ancient times the phenomenal world was teeming with life; the thunderclap, the sudden shadow, the unknown and eerie clearing in the wood, all were living things. This unabridged edition traces the fascinating history of thought from the pre-scientific, personal concept of a "humanized" world to the achievement of detached intellectual reasoning. The authors describe and analyze the spiritual life of three ancient civilizations: the Egyptians, whose thinking was profoundly influenced by the daily rebirth of the sun and the annual rebirth of the Nile; the Mesopotamians, who believed the stars, moon, and stones were all citizens of a cosmic state; and the Hebrews, who transcended prevailing mythopoeic thought with their cosmogony of the will of God. In the concluding chapter the Frankforts show that the Greeks, with their intellectual courage, were the first culture to discover a realm of speculative thought in which myth was overcome.
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Author | : Henri Frankfort |
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Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : History |
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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. 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.
Author | : Henri Frankfort |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
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Author | : H. Frankfort |
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Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
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Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1951 |
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Author | : H. Frankfort |
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Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1971 |
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ISBN | : 9780140201987 |
Author | : H. A. m.fl Frankfort |
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Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
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Author | : Henri Frankfort |
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Total Pages | : 275 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
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