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Theophrastus of Eresus: Logic [texts 68-136]

By: Pamela M. Huby,Dimitri Gutas

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Theophrastus of Eresus: Logic [texts 68-136]

By: Pamela M. Huby,Dimitri Gutas

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.

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9004152989

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Delphi Collected Works of Theophrastus (Illustrated)

By: Theophrastus

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Delphi Collected Works of Theophrastus (Illustrated)

By: Theophrastus

The student and successor of Aristotle, Theophrastus of Eresus is the author of one of the most important botanical works to have survived antiquity. A polymath and enthusiast of many interests, his studies explored all aspects of human knowledge and experience, especially natural science. On a social level, Theophrastus’ famous ‘Characters’ is a collection of descriptive sketches, serving as the earliest example of character-writing and providing an engaging insight into daily life in the Hellenic world. Delphi’s Ancient Classics series provides eReaders with the wisdom of the Classical world, with both English translations and the original Greek texts. This comprehensive eBook presents Theophrastus’ collected works, with illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Theophrastus’ life and works * Features the collected works of Theophrastus in English translation * The complete extant Greek texts * Concise introductions to the major works * Includes Arthur F. Hort’s translation of ‘Enquiry into Plants’, previously appearing in the Loeb Classical Library * Excellent formatting of the texts * Easily locate the works you want to read with individual contents tables * Includes Theophrastus’ rare works ‘On Stones’ and ‘On Winds’, first time in digital print * Features two bonus biographies, including Diogenes Laërtius’ seminal ‘Life’ — discover Theophrastus’ ancient world * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please note: currently there are no translations available in the public domain for ‘De Causis Plantarum’ and a few minor treatises. When more texts become available, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to explore our range of Ancient Classics titles or buy the entire series as a Super Set CONTENTS: The Translations Enquiry into Plants (translated by Arthur F. Hort) On Characters (translated by R. C. Jebb) Treatise on Odours (translated by Arthur F. Hort) Concerning Weather Signs (translated by Arthur F. Hort) On Winds (translated by James G . Wood) On Stones (anonymous 1774 translation) The Greek Texts List of Greek Texts The Biographies Theophrastus by Diogenes Laërtius Theophrastus’ Life and Works by Arthur F. Hort Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

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1788779886

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Theophrastus: Characters

By: Theophrastus

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Theophrastus: Characters

By: Theophrastus

Theophrastus' Characters is a collection of 30 short character-sketches of various types of individuals who might be met in the streets of Athens in the late fourth century BC. It is a work which had a profound influence on European literature, and this is a detailed and elaborate treatment of it. This edition presents an improved text, a translation which is designed both to be readable and to bring out fully the nuances of the very difficult Greek, and a commentary which covers every feature of the text and its interpretation and offers particularly full elucidation of the often enigmatic references to contemporary social practices and historical events. There is also a lengthy introduction, which discusses the antecedents and affiliations of the work, its date, its purpose, and the manuscript tradition. Extensive indexes are also provided, including an Index Verborum.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521839807

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9780521839808

Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)

Greek Text and Medieval Arabic Translation, edited and translated with introduction, commentaries and glossaries, as well as the medieval Latin translation, and with an Excursus on Graeco-Arabic Editorial Technique

By: Dimitri Gutas

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Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)

By: Dimitri Gutas

The short aporetic essay On First Principles by Theophrastus, thought to have been transmitted as his Metaphysics, is critically edited for the first time on the basis of all the available evidence—the Greek manuscripts and the medieval Arabic and Latin translations—together with an introduction, English translation, extensive commentary, and a diplomatic edition of the medieval Latin translation. This book equally contributes to Graeco-Arabic studies as ancilla of classical studies, and includes the first critical edition of the Arabic translation with an English translation and commentary, a detailed excursus on the editorial technique for Greek texts which medieval Arabic translations are extant as well as for the Arabic translations themselves, and a complete Greek and Arabic glossary as a blueprint for future lexica.

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9004189831

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9789004189836

Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1

Sources on Ethics

By: William Fortenbaugh

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Sources on Ethics

By: William Fortenbaugh

Commenting on recently collected sources for Theophrastus' ethical views, this work relates Theophrastean doctrine to that of Aristotle and the rival Stoics. The focus is on topics like virtue and happiness, manners and moral virtues, innate character and the relation of animals to humans.

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9004194223

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Theophrastus On First Principles

(known as His Metaphysics) : Greek Text and Medieval Arabic Translation

By: Théophraste,Bartolomeo da Messina

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Theophrastus On First Principles

(known as His Metaphysics) : Greek Text and Medieval Arabic Translation

By: Théophraste,Bartolomeo da Messina

Simultaneous critical editions based on all available evidence, with an introduction, English translations, and commentaries of the Greek text and a medieval Arabic translation of Theophrastus s "On First Principles" ( metaphysics ), together with a methodological excursus on Graeco-Arabic editorial technique and normative glossary.

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9004179038

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On Weather Signs

By: Theophrastus

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On Weather Signs

By: Theophrastus

This text and commentary is the first to take account of all the manuscripts and to place the work in its historical and scientific context, as well as the first to describe its manuscript tradition.

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9004155937

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Theophrastus' Characters

An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior

By: James Romm

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Theophrastus' Characters

An Ancient Take on Bad Behavior

By: James Romm

These Characters are people we know―they're our quirky neighbors, our creepy bosses, our blind dates from hell. Sharp-tongued Theophrastus, made sharper than ever in this fresh new edition, reminds us that Athenian weirdness is as ageless as Athenian wisdom." –Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge University, presenter of BBC's Civilisations When Aristotle wrote that that "comedy is about people worse than ourselves," he may have been recalling a hard-edged gem of a treatise written by his favorite student, Theophrastus. Theophrastus' Characters is a joyous festival of fault-finding: a collection of thirty closely observed personality portraits, defining the full spectrum of human flaws, failings, and follies. With piquant details of speech and behavior taken straight off the streets of ancient Athens, Theophrastus gives us sketches of the mean, vile, and annoying that are comically distorted yet vividly real. Enlivened by Pamela Mensch's fresh translation―the first widely available English version in over half a century―Theophrastus' Characters transports us to a world populated by figures of flesh and blood, not bronze and marble. The wry, inventive drawings help envoke the cankered wit of this most modern of ancient texts. Lightly but helpfully annotated by classicist James Romm, these thirty thumbnail portraits are startlingly recognizable twenty-three centuries later. The characters of Theophrastus are archetypes of human nature that remain insightful, caustic, and relevant.

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103

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Blackstone Publishing

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0935112987

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Theophrastus Metaphysics

With Introduction, Translation and Commentary

By: Theophrastus

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Theophrastus Metaphysics

With Introduction, Translation and Commentary

By: Theophrastus

This book has been written from the conviction that general statements about the philosophical position taken by Theophrastus in this small but extremely difficult treatise, can only be made on the basis of a detailed interpretation of each and every sentence of the text. This resulted in a full commentary, which evades no philological or philosophical question that should be asked in order to elicit from the text a maximum of information. The outcome is a cautious but nonetheless explicit and determinate characterization and evaluation of Theophrastean metaphysics as a biologist's metaphysics, which deserves the attention of philosophers in its own right. The author has paid special attention to questions of Peripatetic idiom and terminology, thus increasing the value of this book to students of Peripatetic thought in general. The information brought together has been made easily accessible by full indexes.

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9004329218

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Metaphysics

By: Theophrastus

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Metaphysics

By: Theophrastus

This book offers a text and translation of Theophrastus' "Metaphysics," together with a full commentary, which may be used as an introduction to the terminology of Aristotle's school. The Introduction provides an assessment of Theophrastus' contribution to Peripatetic thought on the principles of being.

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9004097864

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Theophrastus of Eresus: Logic [texts 68-136]

Theophrastus of Eresus: Logic [texts 68-136]

Delphi Collected Works of Theophrastus (Illustrated)

Delphi Collected Works of Theophrastus (Illustrated)

Theophrastus: Characters

Theophrastus: Characters

Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)

Theophrastus On First Principles (known as his Metaphysics)

Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1

Theophrastus of Eresus Commentary Volume 6.1

Theophrastus On First Principles

Theophrastus On First Principles

On Weather Signs

On Weather Signs

Theophrastus' Characters

Theophrastus' Characters

Theophrastus Metaphysics

Theophrastus Metaphysics

Metaphysics

Metaphysics

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