˜Theœ adventure of the human intellect : self, society and the divine in ancient world cultures

Weitere Verfasser: Raaflaub, Kurt A.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Chichester, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2016.
Umfang/Format: xii, 266 pages : illustrations. ; 25 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Ancient world : comparative histories
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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