Before philosophy : A study of the primitive myths, beliefs and speculations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, out of which grew the religions and philosophies of the later world (1946)

by Henri Frankfort, H. A. Groenewegen-Frankfort, Thorkild Jacobsen, John Albert Wilson

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In his introduction, The eminent Egyptologist, Henri Frankfort, shows us the concept of self (I) integrated with the other (Thou) in the world view of primordial peoples in the Near East. The essays that follow wrap around this core are traditional issues of political philosophy - the nature of the universe, function of the state, as well as values and the good life - from the stance of interconnectivity. (

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Orig. publ. as The intellectual adventure of ancient man (Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1946) (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Henri Frankfort	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Groenewegen-Frankfor… H. A.	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Jacobsen, Thorkild	—	main author	all editions	confirmed
Wilson, John Albert	—	main author	all editions	confirmed

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The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: An Essay of Speculative Thought in the Ancient Near East (Oriental Institute Essays) by Henri Frankfort

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Before philosophy : A study of the primitive myths, beliefs and speculations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, out of which grew the religions and philosophies of the later world

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Before philosophy : A study of the primitive myths, beliefs and speculations of Egypt and Mesopotamia, out of which grew the religions and philosophies of the later world

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1946

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If we look for 'speculative thought' in the documents of the ancients, we shall be forced to admit that there is very little indeed in our written records which deserves he name of 'thought' in the struct sense of that term.

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In the Penguin/Pelican edition: "Before philosophy" (first published in 1949), the chapter "The Hebrews", by William A. Irwin, had been completely left out.
It took up more than one third of the original text published as "Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man" by the Chicago University Press in 1946 (and later again, in the Phoenix edition by the same publisher in 1977).
Therefore the question comes up if these two books can still be seen as two editions of the same work. Intellectual Adventure of Modern Man is currently catalogued as a separate work.

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