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The adventure of the human intellect : self, society, and the divine in ancient world cultures /

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Other Authors: Raaflaub, Kurt A. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA, USA : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.
Series:Ancient world--comparative histories.
Subjects:
Philosophy, Ancient.
Intellect > History.
Intellectual life > History.
Self > History.
Thought and thinking > History.
Intellect.
Intellectual life.
Self.
Thought and thinking.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • A critique of the cognitive-historical thesis of the intellectual adventure / Francesca Rochberg
  • The intellectual adventure of ancient man : revisiting a classic / Peter Machinist
  • The world of ancient Egyptian thought / James P. Allen
  • On speculative thought in ancient Mesopotamia / Benjamin R. Foster
  • Self, substance, and social metaphysics : the intellectual adventures of Israel and Judah / Ryan Byrne
  • Ancient Greece : man the measure of all things / Kurt A. Raaflaub
  • The thought-world of ancient Rome: a delicate balancing act / Robert A. Kaster and David Konstan
  • Self, cosmos, and agency in early China / Lisa Raphals
  • Vedic India : thinking and doing / Stephanie W. Jamison
  • 'Chronosophy' in classic Maya thought / Stephen Houston
  • The word, sacrifice, and divination : Aztec man in the realm of the gods / Guilhem Olivier
  • Night thoughts and spiritual adventures : native North America / Peter Nabokov.