Theophrastus

Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School. He is best known as the author of the amusing Characters and two ground-breaking works in botany but his writings extend over the entire range of Hellenistic philosophic studies. Volume 5 of Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities focuses on his scientific work. The volume contains new editions of two brief scientific essays-On Fish and Afeteoro/o^y-accompanied by translations and commentary. Among the contributions are: Peripatetic Dialectic in the De sensibus Han Baltussen; Empedocles Theory of Vision and Theophrastus' De sensibus David N. Sedley; Theophrastus on the Intellect Daniel Devereux; Theophrastus and Aristotle on Animal Intelligence Eve Browning Cole; Physikai doxai and Problemata physika from Aristotle to Agtius (and Beyond) Jap Mansfield; Xenophanes or Theophrastus? An Aetian Doxographicum on the Sun David Runia; Place1 in Context: On Theophrastus Fr. 21 and 22 Wimmer Keimpe Algra; The Meteorology of Theophrastus in Syriac and Arabic Translation Hans Daiber; Theophrastus' Meteorology Aristotle and Posidonius Ian G. Kidd; The Authorship and Sources of the Peri Semeion Ascribed to Theophrastus Patrick Cronin; Theophrastus On Fish Robert W. Sharpies. . Language: English