Theophrastus And His World
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Theophrastus And His World
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Author : Paul Millett
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge Philological Society
Release Date : 2020-08-30
Theophrastus And His World written by Paul Millett and has been published by Cambridge Philological Society this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-30 with Philosophy categories.
This is the first extended study in English of Theophrastus' Characters, one of the briefest but also most influential works to survive from classical antiquity. Since the seventeenth century, the Characters has served as a model and an inspiration for authors as diverse as La Bruyère, Thackeray, George Eliot and Elias Canetti. This study aims to locate Theophrastus and his Characters with respect to the political and philosophical worlds of Athens in the late fourth century, focusing on later imitators in order to provide clues to reading the Theophrastan original. Special attention is paid to the problems and possibilities of the Characters as testimony to the culture and society of contemporary Athens, integrating the text into the extensive fragments and testimonies of Theophrastus' other writings. The implications for the historian of the elusive humour of the Characters, dependent in large measure on the device of caricature, are explored in detail. What emerges is a picture of the complex etiquette appropriate for upper-class citizens in the home, the streets and other public places in Athens where individuals were on display. Through their resolutely shaming behaviour, the Characters illuminate the honour for which citizens should, by implication, be striving. A key theme of the study is Theophrastus' ambivalent position in Athens: a distinguished philosopher and head of the Lyceum, yet still subject to the disabilities of his metic status.
The Characters Of Theophrastus
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Author : Theophrastus
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-05-28
The Characters Of Theophrastus written by Theophrastus and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-28 with Fiction categories.
The Characters of Theophrastus is a book by Theophrastus concerning different types of men. Contents: The Flatterer, The Coward, The Tactless Man, The Mean Man, The Stupid Man, The Superstitious Man, The Suspicious Man and many more.
Looking For Theophrastus
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Author : Laura Beatty
language : en
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Release Date : 2022-05-05
Looking For Theophrastus written by Laura Beatty and has been published by Atlantic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-05 with History categories.
Who is Theophrastus, and why should we care? Once, he was the equal of Plato and Aristotle. Together he and Aristotle invented science. Alone he invented Botany. The character of the Wife of Bath is his invention, the Canterbury Tales as a whole, perhaps, the product of his inspiration. When Linnaeus was developing our modern system of plant taxonomy, it was Theophrastus' work on plants that he used as a basis. So how could one man do so much and still sink almost without a trace? This is the story of a journey to find him and bring him back from oblivion. Looking for Theophrastus, in all the places he must have walked and lived, it tells how he and Aristotle, his friend and tutor, broke with the philosophical conventions of the Academy and left on their own adventure; of how together they invented what we now take for granted as the Natural Sciences; how, not content with that, they made the great experiment of applying philosophy directly to the practicalities of government through the tutoring of Alexander the Great; how they were disappointed and how, in the end, they returned to Athens and founded the famous Lyceum. Against the dramatic context of his time - the end of democracy in Athens and the rise of Alexander the Great; the great battles and vast territorial expansion that followed; the flowering of the philosophy schools on which so much of our culture and thinking is founded - and on, following his cultural legacy through to the modern day, it explores how we perceive, understand and, most importantly, how we relate to the world around us, questioning what we lose from our way of living when we forget those ancients who first taught us how to see.
Theophrastus On Stones
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Author : Earle R. Caley
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011-07-01
Theophrastus On Stones written by Earle R. Caley and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-07-01 with categories.
Theophrastus Of Eresus Logic Texts 68 136
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Author : Pamela M. Huby
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 1995
Theophrastus Of Eresus Logic Texts 68 136 written by Pamela M. Huby and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Philosophy categories.
In the present volume, the focus is on natural philosophy, apart from the study of living things. Topics covered include the principles of scientific enquiry, place, time, motion, the heavens, the sublunary world, meteorology and the study of materials.
The Characters Of Theophrastus
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Author : Theophrastus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-30
The Characters Of Theophrastus written by Theophrastus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-30 with History categories.
The Characters Of Theophrastus
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Author : Theophrastus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-08-25
The Characters Of Theophrastus written by Theophrastus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-25 with History categories.
The Characters Of Theophrastus Newly Edited And Translated By J M Edmonds
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Author : A. D. 1884-1943 Knox
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2015-09-07
The Characters Of Theophrastus Newly Edited And Translated By J M Edmonds written by A. D. 1884-1943 Knox and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-07 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Characters Of Theophrastus Tr From The Greek And Illustrated By Physiognomical Sketches To Which Are Subjoined The Greek Text With Notes And
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Author : Francis Howell
language : en
Publisher: Sagwan Press
Release Date : 2018-02-05
The Characters Of Theophrastus Tr From The Greek And Illustrated By Physiognomical Sketches To Which Are Subjoined The Greek Text With Notes And written by Francis Howell and has been published by Sagwan Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-05 with History categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
The Characters Of Theophrastus
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Author : Theophrastus
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2015-11-20
The Characters Of Theophrastus written by Theophrastus and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-11-20 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.