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The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.
  • Borrows themes from The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man (1946), updating an old topic with a new approach and up-to-date theoretical underpinning, evidence, and scholarship
  • Provides a broad scope of studies, including discussion of highly developed ancient or early civilizations in China, India, West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas
  • Examines the world view of ten ancient or early societies, reconstructed from their own texts, concerning the place of human beings in society and state, in nature and cosmos, in space and time, in life and death, and in relation to those in power and the world of the divine
  • Considers a diversity of sources representing a wide array of particular responses to differ

    Trade Review
    "...a modern remake of the classic. ...Raaflaub has further raised the bar for the present volume, including chapters not just on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Israel, but also on Greece, Rome, China, India, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and Native North Americans. ...A truly global work that will be a welcome addition to a range of intellectual history and World-Civ courses. ...an excellent resource, well put together and comprehensive in all the right ways." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

    Table of Contents

    Notes on Contributors vii

    Series Editor’s Preface xi

    Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

    Introduction 1

    Francesca Rochberg and Kurt A. Raaflaub

    1 A Critique of the Cognitive‐historical Thesis of The Intellectual Adventure 16
    Francesca Rochberg

    2 The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: Revisiting a Classic 29
    Peter Machinist

    3 The World of Ancient Egyptian Thought 73
    James P. Allen

    4 On Speculative Thought in Ancient Mesopotamia 89
    Benjamin R. Foster

    5 Self, Substance, and Social Metaphysics: The Intellectual Adventures of Israel and Judah 105
    Ryan Byrne

    6 Ancient Greece: Man the Measure of All Things 127
    Kurt A. Raaflaub

    7 The Thought‐World of Ancient Rome: A Delicate Balancing Act 149
    Robert A. Kaster and David Konstan

    8 Self, Cosmos, and Agency in Early China 167
    Lisa Raphals

    9 Vedic India: Thinking and Doing 185
    Stephanie W. Jamison

    10 “Chronosophy” in Classic Maya Thought 198
    Stephen Houston

    11 The Word, Sacrifice, and Divination: Aztec Man in the Realm of the Gods 216
    Guilhem Olivier

    12 Night Thoughts and Spiritual Adventures: Native North America 239
    Peter Nabokov

    Index 000

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 27/05/2016
      ISBN13: 9781119162551, 978-1119162551
      ISBN10: 1119162556
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The Adventure of the Human Intellect presents the latest scholarship on the beginnings of intellectual history on a broad scope, encompassing ten eminent ancient or early civilizations from both the Old and New Worlds.
      • Borrows themes from The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man (1946), updating an old topic with a new approach and up-to-date theoretical underpinning, evidence, and scholarship
      • Provides a broad scope of studies, including discussion of highly developed ancient or early civilizations in China, India, West Asia, the Mediterranean, and the Americas
      • Examines the world view of ten ancient or early societies, reconstructed from their own texts, concerning the place of human beings in society and state, in nature and cosmos, in space and time, in life and death, and in relation to those in power and the world of the divine
      • Considers a diversity of sources representing a wide array of particular responses to differ

        Trade Review
        "...a modern remake of the classic. ...Raaflaub has further raised the bar for the present volume, including chapters not just on ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Israel, but also on Greece, Rome, China, India, the Mayans, the Aztecs, and Native North Americans. ...A truly global work that will be a welcome addition to a range of intellectual history and World-Civ courses. ...an excellent resource, well put together and comprehensive in all the right ways." - Bryn Mawr Classical Review

        Table of Contents

        Notes on Contributors vii

        Series Editor’s Preface xi

        Preface and Acknowledgments xiii

        Introduction 1

        Francesca Rochberg and Kurt A. Raaflaub

        1 A Critique of the Cognitive‐historical Thesis of The Intellectual Adventure 16
        Francesca Rochberg

        2 The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man: Revisiting a Classic 29
        Peter Machinist

        3 The World of Ancient Egyptian Thought 73
        James P. Allen

        4 On Speculative Thought in Ancient Mesopotamia 89
        Benjamin R. Foster

        5 Self, Substance, and Social Metaphysics: The Intellectual Adventures of Israel and Judah 105
        Ryan Byrne

        6 Ancient Greece: Man the Measure of All Things 127
        Kurt A. Raaflaub

        7 The Thought‐World of Ancient Rome: A Delicate Balancing Act 149
        Robert A. Kaster and David Konstan

        8 Self, Cosmos, and Agency in Early China 167
        Lisa Raphals

        9 Vedic India: Thinking and Doing 185
        Stephanie W. Jamison

        10 “Chronosophy” in Classic Maya Thought 198
        Stephen Houston

        11 The Word, Sacrifice, and Divination: Aztec Man in the Realm of the Gods 216
        Guilhem Olivier

        12 Night Thoughts and Spiritual Adventures: Native North America 239
        Peter Nabokov

        Index 000

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