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

The adventure of the human intellect self, society and the divine in ancient world cultures / [Texte imprimé] : edited by Kurt A. Raaflaub - Malden : Wiley Blackwell, 2016 - 1 vol. (266 p.) ; 25 cm

Notes bibliogr.

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

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Philosophy, Ancient Intellect--History Intellectual life--History Self--History Thought and thinking--History

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