Theophrastus
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Theophrastus

His Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific Writings

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eBook - ePub

Theophrastus

His Psychological, Doxographical, and Scientific Writings

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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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Contributors
  9. 1. Peripatetic Dialectic in the De sensibus
  10. 2. Empedocles’ Theory of Vision and Theophrastus’ De sensibus
  11. 3. Theophrastus on the Intellect
  12. 4. Theophrastus and Aristotle on Animal Intelligence
  13. 5. Physikai doxai and Problēmata physika from Aristotle to AĂ«tius (and Beyond)
  14. 6. Xenophanes or Theophrastus? An Aëtian Doxographicum on the Sun
  15. 7. ‘Place’ in Context On Theophrastus Fr. 21 and 22 Wimmer
  16. 8. The Meteorology of Theophrastus in Syriac and Arabic Translation
  17. 9. Theophrastus’ Meteorology, Aristotle and Posidonius
  18. 10. The Authorship and Sources of the Peri sēmeiƍn Ascribed to Theophrastus
  19. 11. Theophrastus: On Fish
  20. Index of Ancient Sources