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Before Philosophy (PocketBook)

Before Philosophy (PocketBook)
Before Philosophy (PocketBook)
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Book Specifications

SKUID
:
AP-1292
ISBN
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Published Year
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1951
Author
:
Henri Frankfort and others
Publisher
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Penguin Books
Book Condition
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Used Acceptable
Condition Note
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This used book is in average condition. Pages are yellowish color. Title cover is damage. Starting few pages bottom corner are small damage
Book Binding Type
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Paper Back
Language
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English
No. of Pages
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275
Dimensions
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18 x 11 cm
Availability
:
Out Of Stock

Book Description

Before philosophy, in the strict sense of abstract, critical and methodical thought, came into being man's speculations, when they turned to the perennial problems of self and the universe, were expressed in myths. These myths are not more stories, nor do they merely disguise an abstract truth. They represent a peculiar form of concrete thought, which should be analyzed before the attempt is made to understand the mind of Ancient Man, his moral and religious preoccupations.

The authors, who have concentrated on the two oldest civilizations known- those of Egypt and Mesopotamia-, have not shirked the first task. Just because they aimed at a deeper understanding of the Egyptian and Mesopotamian points of view in matters of life and death, the function of the State and the nature of the phenomenal world, they have taken the problem of myth seriously they have discussed the energence of Greek philosophy in order to stress the gulf which separates the habits of thought of the Greeks from those.