* Theophrastus, who has been studying in Athens under Aristotle, becomes the head of the Lyceum, the academy in Athens founded by Aristotle, when Aristotle is forced to leave Athens.

Theophrastus ' Enquiry into Plants was first published in a Latin translation by Theodore Gaza, at Treviso, 1483 ; in its original Greek it first appeared from the press of Aldus Manutius at Venice, 1495 – 98, from a third-rate manuscript, which, like the majority of the manuscripts that were sent to printers ' workshops in the fifteenth and sixteenth century, has disappeared.

The book has been regarded by some as an independent work ; others incline to the view that the sketches were written from time to time by Theophrastus, and collected and edited after his death ; others, again, regard the Characters as part of a larger systematic work, but the style of the book is against this.

The inscribed bust has often been illustrated in engravings and photographs: a photograph of it forms the frontispiece to the Loeb Classical Library Theophrastus: Enquiry into Plants vol.

That this work cannot have been written by Aristippus of Cyrene has long been realised, not least because the author mentions Theophrastus who lived a generation after Aristippus.

There has been a long tradition of Swiss scientists ever since Paracelsus ( real name Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim ).

Since at least the time of Theophrastus in ancient Greece, this plant has been known for medicinal and culinary uses.

Botanical nomenclature has a long history, going back to the period when Latin was the scientific language throughout Europe, and perhaps further back to Theophrastus.

* Farlang many full text historical references on Amber Theophrastus, George Frederick Kunz, and special on Baltic amber.

But for them, we should be without the most important fragments of the writings of the Eleatics, of Empedocles, Anaxagoras, Diogenes of Apollonia, and others, which were at that time already very scarce, as well as without many extracts from the lost books of Aristotle, Theophrastus and Eudemus: but for them we should hardly be able to unriddle the doctrine of the Categories, so important for the system of the Stoics.

The extent to which Theophrastus followed Aristotle's doctrines, or defined them more accurately, or conceived them in a different form, and what additional structures of thought he placed upon them, can only be partially determined because of the loss of so many of his writings.

When he was studying with Theophrastus and Xenocrates, although many things were being sent to him from home, he was in constant fear of dying from hunger and was always destitute and in want.

Special craft could carry many more masts: Theophrastus ( Hist.

One of the first ecologists whose writings survive may have been Aristotle or perhaps his student, Theophrastus, both of whom had interest in many species of animals.

The Greek writer Theophrastus, who flourished during the 4th century BC, uses papuros when referring to the plant used as a foodstuff and bublos for the same plant when used for nonfood products, such as cordage, basketry, or writing surfaces.

George Eliot also took inspiration from Theophrastus ' Characters, most notably in her book of caricatures, Impressions of Theophrastus Such.

Reynolds made extracts in his commonplace book from Theophrastus, Plutarch, Seneca, Marcus Antonius, Ovid, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Alexander Pope, John Dryden, Joseph Addison, Richard Steele, Aphra Behn and passages on art theory by Leonardo da Vinci, Charles Alphonse Du Fresnoy, and André Félibien.

* A Book of ' Characters ' from Theophrastus, Joseph Hall, Sir Thomas Overbury, Nicolas Breton, John Earle

* Scientific essays by: Theophrastus, Galen, Archimedes, Blaise Pascal, Gabriel Fahrenheit, Amedeo Avogadro, Joseph Black, John Dalton, Stanislao Cannizzaro, Rudolf Virchow, Edme Mariotte, Hans Adolf Eduard Driesch, Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, Hans Spemann, Guy Beckley Stearns, J. J. Thomson, Dmitri Mendeleev, Claude Louis Berthollet, Joseph Proust

Modern botany traces its roots back more than twenty three centuries, to the Father of Botany, Theophrastus ( c. 371 – 287 BC ), a student of Aristotle.

This Cyprian Aphrodite is the same as the later Hermaphroditos, which simply means Aphroditos in the form of a herm ( see Hermae ), and first occurs in the Characters ( 16 ) of Theophrastus.

The earliest mention of Hermaphroditus in Greek literature is by the philosopher Theophrastus ( 3rd century BC ), in his book The Characters, XVI The Superstitious Man, in which he portrays various types of eccentric people.

In The Characters ( c. 319 BC ), Theophrastus introduced the “ character sketch ,” which became the core of “ the Character as a genre .” It included 30 character types.

Theophrastus ( Greek: ; c. 371 – c. 287 BC ), a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos, was the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.

The Metaphysics ( nine chapters ) was considered a fragment of a larger work by Usener in his edition ( Theophrastos Metaphysica, Bonn, 1890 ), but according to Ross and Fobes in their edition ( Theophrastus Metaphysica, Oxford, 1929 ), the treatise is complete ( p. X ) and this opinion is now widely accepted.

*" Theophrastus " entry in the Penny cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, edited by George Long, ( 1842 ), Volume 24, pages 332-4

* Theophrastus, ( 1993 ), Metaphysics.

* Theophrastus, ( 1916 ), Enquiry into Plants: Books 1-5.

* Theophrastus, ( 1916 ), Enquiry into Plants: Books 6-9 ; Treatise on Odours ; Concerning Weather Signs.

* Theophrastus, ( 1989 ), De Causis Plantarum: Books 1-2.

* Theophrastus, ( 1990 ), De Causis Plantarum: Books 3-4.

* Theophrastus, ( 1990 ), De Causis Plantarum, Books 5-6.

* Theophrastus, ( 2003 ), Characters.

* Theophrastus, ( 2002 ), On Sweat, On Dizziness and On Fatigue.

* Theophrastus, ( 2007 ), On weather signs.

* Theophrastus, ( 2010 ), On First Principles ( known as his Metaphysics ).

* Theophrastus of Eresus on winds and on weather signs, ( 1894 ), by J. G. Wood, G. J. Symons, at the Internet Archive.

* Theophrastus and the Greek physiological psychology before Aristotle, by George Malcolm Stratton, ( 1917 ), at the Internet Archive.

* The Characters of Theophrastus, translated by J. M. Edmonds, ( 1929 ), at the Internet Archive.

Theophrastus Phillipus Auroleus Bombastus von Hohenheim ( 1493 – 1541 ) ( also referred to as Paracelsus, from his belief that his studies were above or beyond the work of Celsus-a Roman physician from the first century ) is also considered " the father " of toxicology.

The earlier Megarian dialecticians – Diodorus Cronus and Philo – had done work in this field, and the pupils of Aristotle – Theophrastus and Eudemus – had investigated hypothetical syllogisms, but it was Chrysippus who developed these principles into a coherent system of propositional logic.

Aristotle ( 384 – 322 BC ) classified animal species in his work The History of Animals, and his pupil Theophrastus ( c. 371 – c.

In Europe, for example, Aristotle ( 384 BCE – 322 BCE ) is said to have had a physic garden in the Lyceum at Athens, which was used for educational purposes and for the study of botany and this was inherited, or possibly set up, by his pupil Theophrastus, the " Father of Botany ".

Theophrastus depicts in his Characters ( IV, 2 – 3 ) a peasant whose thyme breath inconveniences his neighbours at the Ecclesia.

Paracelsus ( born Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim, 11 November or 17 December 1493 – 24 September 1541 ) was a German-Swiss Renaissance physician, botanist, alchemist, astrologer, and general occultist.

This distinction dates back to the Greek philosopher Theophrastus ( 370 – 285 BCE ), the " Father of Botany ", who was keenly aware of this difference.

Demetrius of Phalerum ( also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus, ; c. 350 BC – c. 280 BC ) was an Athenian orator originally from Phalerum, a student of Theophrastus and one of the first Peripatetics.

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It was Aristotle ’ s pupil Theophrastus ( 371 – 287 BCE ) in his Historia Plantarum and De Causis Plantarum ( better known as the Enquiry into Plants ) that established the scientific method of careful and critical observation associated with modern botanical science.

Aristotle and his disciples – Alexander the Great | Alexander, Demetrius Phalereus | Demetrius, Theophrastus, and Strato of Lampsacus | Strato.

* Theophrastus ( 322 – 288 )

Theophrastus Parcelsus ( 1493 – 1541 ) had studied the spring water to discover its secrets.

16 ) by the Greek scientist Theophrastus ( c. 371 – 287 BC ):

* Theophrastus ( 370 – 285 BC ), philosopher and botanist