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050		4	_aB108.A38 2016
100	1		_aRaaflaub, Kurt A.
245	1	4	_aThe Adventure of the Human Intellect : _bSelf, Society, and the Divine in Ancient World Cultures.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aNewark : _bJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, _c2016.
264		4	_c©2016.
300			_a1 online resource (307 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aAncient World: Comparative Histories Series
505	0		_aIntro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 A Critique of the Cognitive-historical Thesis of The Intellectual Adventure -- References -- 2 The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man -- I Introduction -- II Genesis -- III Orientation: the book as a whole -- IV Assessment -- Abbreviations -- References -- 3 The World of Ancient Egyptian Thought -- Cosmology and cosmogony -- Gods and god -- The individual in Egyptian thought -- Order and chaos -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- References -- Further reading -- 4 On Speculative Thought in Ancient Mesopotamia -- Mesopotamian metaphysics -- Mesopotamian physics -- Mesopotamian politics and ethics -- Authority and problem-solving -- Authority and innovation -- Modes of speculative thought -- The individual -- Conclusion -- References -- Further reading -- 5 Self, Substance, and Social Metaphysics -- Israel in Judah's hall of mirrors -- The intelligentsia's toolkits -- Social metaphysics -- A once and future adventure -- References -- 6 Ancient Greece -- Prologue -- Archaic Greece: man the competitor -- Classical Athens: man the "political being" -- Abbreviations -- References -- 7 The Thought-World of Ancient Rome -- References -- Further reading -- 8 Self, Cosmos, and Agency in Early China -- Introduction -- The Chinese written record -- Metaphysics -- State and society -- Ethics and self-cultivation -- Transforming qi -- Fate and free will -- Autonomy and the mantic traditions -- Appendix 1: Timeline -- Appendix 2: Major excavated texts (in order of date) -- References -- 9 Vedic India -- X.129 Creation (trans. J.P. Brereton) -- X.90 The Man (trans. J.P. Brereton) -- References -- Further reading -- 10 "Chronosophy" in Classic Maya Thought -- Abbreviation -- References.
505	8		_a11 The Word, Sacrifice, and Divination -- Introduction -- The word, sacrifice, and creation of man -- Aztec kingship: sacrifice and identity -- The calendar, divination, destiny, and free will -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Night Thoughts and Spiritual Adventures -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- V -- References -- Further reading -- Index -- End User License Agreement.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aPhilosophy, Ancient.
650		0	_aIntellect--History.
650		0	_aIntellectual life--History.
650		0	_aSelf--History.
650		0	_aThought and thinking--History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRaaflaub, Kurt A. _tThe Adventure of the Human Intellect _dNewark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,c2016 _z9781119162551
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
830		0	_aAncient World: Comparative Histories Series
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4517560 _zClick to View
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