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	Theophrastus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
		Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher of the Peripatetic school, and immediate successor of Aristotle in leadership of the Lyceum.
		Theophrastus sustained the Aristotelian character of the Lyceum.
		Theophrastus also composed a large compendium of the doctrines of previous philosophers, which itself is lost, but which probably formed the basis for much of the later doxography which is our main source of information on the pre-Socratic philosophers.
	www.utm.edu /research/iep/t/theophra.htm (304 words)

	Theophrastus - LoveToKnow 1911
		THEOPHRASTUS, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school, a native of Eresus in Lesbos, was born c.
		The intimate friendship of Theophrastus with Callisthenes, the fellow-pupil of Alexander the Great, the mention made in his will of an estate belonging to him at Stagira, and the repeated notices of the town and its museum in the History of Plants, are facts which point to this conclusion.
		Theophrastus presided over the Peripatetic school for thirty-five years, and died in 287 B.C. Under his guidance the school flourished greatly - there were at one period more than 2000 students - and at his death he bequeathed to it his garden with house and colonnades as a permanent seat of instruction.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Theophrastus (704 words)

	Theophrastus \| BoardGameGeek
		This fortunate youth, upon completion of his training, would depart for the luxuries of life in the court of some noble or king.
		To select his new apprentice, Theophrastus would challenge them with a clever test of their skill and alchemical talent.
		Theophrastus provides clues to the nature of his experiments, but he will not share all the knowledge with everyone.
	www.boardgamegeek.com /game/3562 (323 words)

	Malaspina Great Books - Theophrastus (c. 371 BCE)
		Theophrastus, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school, a native of Eresus in Lesbos,; was born c.
		His original name was Tyrtamus, but he later became known by the nickname "Theophrastus," given to him, it is said, by Aristotle to indicate the grace of his conversation.
		The intimate friendship of Theophrastus with Callisthenes,; the fellow-pupil of Alexander the Great,; the mention made in his will of an estate belonging to him at Stagira,; and the repeated notices of the town and its museum in the History of Plants, are facts which point to this conclusion.
	www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=86 (873 words)

	Theophrastus Gourmand - Bretonnian Gold Wizard
		Theophrastus Gourmand, a native of the Brettonian city of Brionne, is the Old World's most renowned alchemist and also the wealthiest wizard of the age.
		Theophrastus' battle-magic is highly valued by the Grande Generals of the realm, and he is always willing to lend his abilities to the Brettonian cause, especially since providing such service exempts him from a number of otherwise burdensome taxes on his properties.
		Theophrastus prefers to rely on his Estalians because of their great skill at arms as well as their great loyalty to those wealthy enough to purchase their services.
	members.tripod.com /Troll_Slayer/unit_theophrastus.html (553 words)

	Theophrastos (or Theophrastus) of Eresos
		Theophrastus (or Theophrast or Theophrastos) (371 or 372 -287/286) BC, the son of Melantas, born in Eresos on Lesbos, was a student of Aristotle and succeeded him as a director of the Lyceum in Athens.
		The main innovation of Theophrastus is his attempt to find a connection between the „first principles“ (the intelligible world, ratio) and the perceivable objects of nature; this distinction remains the main motive of occidental philosophy during the next two millenia with different solutions.
		Theophrastus of Eresus: On Sweat, on Dizziness and on Fatigue, Leiden: Brill, 2003.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Theophrast.htm (1101 words)

	Philipp Theophrastus Paracelsus
		The firm foundation was laid for the cosmology of the later Theophrastus Bombastus Paracelsus, who saw in the command of alchemy the source of the healing of all that was morbid, including, therefore, the sickness of man.
		To go among the foundries, with the motley radiance of their furnaces, to inhale poisonous fumes, and to see the glittering crystalline ore change into shining white metal, were the adventurous joys of his leisure.
		It is true that in his book Paragranum Theophrastus Paracelsus had hard words for those physicains who never dreamed of looking up from the pages of books to cast a single glance at the working and the composition of the substances in the world.
	fuzzy.snakeden.org /alchemy/bombast.html (1775 words)

	Life of Theophrastus
		THEOPHRASTUS was a native of Eresus, the son of Melantas, a fuller, as we are told by Athenodorus in the eighth book of his Philosophical Conversations.
		Theophrastus was a man of great acuteness and industry, and, as Pamphila asserts in the thirty-second book of her Commentaries, he was the tutor of Menandar, the comic poet.
		For he is reported to have said, since Theophrastus was a man of extraordinary acuteness, who could both comprehend and explain everything, and as the other was somewhat slow in his natural character, that Theophrastus required a bridle, and Callisthenes a spur.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/LaertiosTheophrast.htm (1626 words)

	The Rainbow Orchid - Theophrastus
		Theophrastus lived from about 371 (born at Eresos) to 286 BC and was a student of Plato and Aristotle.
		Much of Theophrastus' wide knowledge came in the form of samples sent to him by the botanists on campaign with Alexander the Great, and the textbooks that are his legacy were for hundreds of years the best works available on horticulture, giving rise to Theophrastus being known as the 'Father of Botany'.
		Theophrastus also wrote a treatise on climate, which has long been lost to the outside world, but which still exists in a Persian translation hidden away in a north Indian library.
	www.garenewing.co.uk /rainboworchid/features/features_theophrastus.php (198 words)

	Theophrastus - Definition, explanation
		Theophrastus presided over the Peripatetic school for thirty-five years, and died in 287 BC.
		Under his guidance the school flourished greatly--there were at one period more than 2000 students--and at his death he bequeathed to it his garden with house and colonnades as a permanent seat of instruction.
		Theophrastus has found many imitators in this kind of writing, notably Hall (1608), Sir Thomas Overbury (1614-16), Bishop Earle (1628) and Jean de La Bruyère (1688), who also translated the Characters.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/t/th/theophrastus.php (862 words)

	History of Horticulture - Theophrastus 372-288 B.C.
		Theophrastus became head of the school, reorganized and enlarged it and continued as leader for 35 years.
		However, Theophrastus became interested in botany as a form of knowledge and in plant life in all its forms as well as in the reasons for various phenomena observed by him.
		Theophrastus was the greatest botanic writer until the Renaissance of the 16th Century in Germany.
	www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hort/history/009.html (463 words)

	Botany online: History - First Scientific Descriptions
		He spent, just like his teacher, the decisive years of his life in Athens, where he gathered a lot of pupils and was in charge of the first existing botanical garden, of whose size, different plant species and time of existence nothing came down on us.
		THEOPHRASTUS' books are summarized briefly in the following since they had a large influence, if only to show how varied the knowledge of plants was in antiquity and what criteria were used to order the findings.
		THEOPHRASTUS remarks that cultured trees generally impair when grown out of seeds and that they tend to align with the wild types, while wild typ trees do not change and thus conserve their species.
	www.biologie.uni-hamburg.de /b-online/e01/01a.htm (1332 words)

	Theophrastus (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Theophrastus covered most aspects of botany: descriptions of plants, classification, plant distribution, propagation, germination, and cultivation.
		Theophrastus was born on Lesvos but studied in Athens at the Academy, which he then headed until his death.
		In his work on propagation and germination, Theophrastus described the various ways in which specific plants and trees can grow: from seeds, from roots, from pieces torn off, from a branch or twig, or from a small piece of cleft wood.
	www.cartage.org.lb /en/themes/Biographies/MainBiographies/T/Theophrastus/1.html (205 words)

	> Society > Philosophy > Philosophers > T > Theophrastus of Lesbos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		History of Vegetarianism: Theophrastus - Some excerpts from published works discussing the role of Theophrastus in the historical development of vegetarianism.
		Project Theophrastus and Electronic Scholarship - An article on the role of electronic technology in the modern reconstruction of Theophrastus' writings and philosophy.
		Theophrastus Project Conferences - List of the locations and topics of projects held as part of Project Theophrastus.
	www.torontopost.biz /d_go.asp?/Society/Philosophy/Philosophers/T/Theophrastus_of_Lesbos (328 words)

	Theophrastus (c. 370 B.C. - 285 B.C.)
		His school was very numerously attended, and at his death, in advanced age, it is said that nearly the whole population of Athens followed him to the grave.
		Theophrastus wrote on many branches of philosophy and natural science.
		Nevertheless Theophrastus noted that the death of a tree followed the removal of a complete ring of bark, which might have led him to an understanding of the cambium.
	www.usefultrivia.com /biographies/theophrastus_001.html (388 words)

	Theophrastus
		Theophrastus (Greek ÎÎµÏÏÏÎ±ÏÏÎ¿Ï, 372â”287 BC), a native of Eressos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school.
		His given name was Tyrtamus, but he later became known by the nickname "Theophrastus", given to him, it is said, by Aristotle to indicate the grace of his conversation.
		He released the first recorded message in a bottle in order to show that the Mediterranean Sea was formed by the inflowing Atlantic Ocean.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DTheophrastus%26type%3Den (630 words)

	Funagain Games: Theophrastus
		To select his new apprentice, Theophrastus would challenge them with a clever test of their skill and alchemical talent.
		Theophrastus provides clues to the nature of his experiments, but he will not share all the knowledge with everyone.
		Having an absolutely abysmal knowledge of most scientific fields, the name "Theophrastus" meant absolutely nothing to me. So, when I heard that Mayfair was going to be releasing a game with this title, I thought it might be some sort of Philosophy-based trivia game.
	www.funagain.com /control/product/~product_id=12366/~affiliate_id=BRUN (2230 words)

	Ethics of the Hellenistic Era by Sanderson Beck
		Theophrastus and other philosophers left Athens, but a year later Philon of the Peripatetic school prosecuted Sophocles for an unconstitutional law, and the latter was fined five talents; it was repealed, and the philosophers returned along with a new one named Epicurus.
		Theophrastus (371-287 BC) first studied with Plato but left him to join Aristotle and became head of the Lyceum when Aristotle died in 322 BC.
		Theophrastus believed that all living beings are related, and he rejected animal sacrifices and the eating of meat; he said that all people are related to each other and members of the same nation.
	www.san.beck.org /EC23-Hellenistic.html (20398 words)

	Theophrastus
		Theophrastus, the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school, a native of Eresus in Lesbos, was born about 372 BC.
		Under his guidance the school flourished greatly -- there were at one period more than 2000 students -- and at his death he bequeathed to it his garden with house and colonnades as a permanent seat of instruction.
		Theophrastus has found many imitators in this kind of writing, notably Hall (1608), Sir Thomas Overbury (1614-16), Bishop Earle (1628) and Jean de La Bruyère (1688), who also translated the Characters into French.
	www.nndb.com /people/563/000107242 (590 words)

	Impressions of Theophrastus Such by George Eliot published by Pickering & Chatto (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Impressions of Theophrastus Such, published in 1879, marks the end of George Eliot's career and the end of her life with George Henry Lewes.
		It signals the culmination of her development as a writer of organic form and the beginning of what could be termed an early modernist experimentation through fragmentation of form.
		In eight dextrous chapters, Theophrastus reflects on the habits of his contemporaries - on their tendency to romanticise past ages, the ruthless nature of scholarly debate, the mockery of traditionally revered works of art, the absurdity of decendence in art, and the justification for Jewish and other modern nationalisms.
	www.pickeringchatto.com /theophrastus.htm (502 words)

	UCL Department of Greek and Latin: Research: Theophrastus
		The first priority of Project Theophrastus was the publication of the "fragments" of works by Theophrastus not preserved in MSS and known only from ancient or medieval citations.
		The inclusion of a report is not a statement of confidence in its reliability, and the texts as printed include not only what we may suppose to derive from Theophrastus himself, but also context material relevant for its interpretation.
		Both the accuracy and the extent of the reports of Theophrastus embedded in our extracts are subjects for discussion in the commentary volumes.
	www.ucl.ac.uk /GrandLat/people/sharples/frags.htm (286 words)

	BRILL (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Theophrastus largely followed Aristotle’s logical views, but made important changes in modal logic, and dealt with hypothetical and prosleptic syllogisms.
		She has published much in connection with Project Theophrastus, but also worked in modern philosophy and published on ethics, logic, epistemology and the paranormal.
		Theophrastus of Eresus, On Sweat, On Dizziness and on Fatigue
	www.brill.nl /print.aspx?partid=10&pid=24785 (262 words)

	Hort 306 - Lecture 19
		The 2 botanical treatises of Theophrastus are the greatest treasury of botanical and horticultural information from antiquity and represent the culmination of a millennium of experience, observation, and science from Egypt and Mesopotamia.
		Theophrastus inherited Aristotle's library, manuscripts, and gardens and succeeded him as head of the Lyceum, serving in that capacity for 35 years.
		Theophrastus is also the author (perhaps editor) of a series of 30 character sketches of human weaknesses that have been considered a minor literary masterpiece for over 23 centuries.
	www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/history/lecture19/lec19.html (2545 words)

	Theophrastus On Stones. -- Commentary -- Page 201 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(Theophrastus states that ninety years before Praxibulus was archon of the Athenians a date that corresponds to the 349di year of our City cinnabar was discovered by Callias the Athenian.
		in Theophrastus meant "back to" rather than "prior to," and therefore he placed the time of the discovery in the archonship of Praxiboulos.
		Thorndike therefore suggested that the treatise was written by someone else and ascribed to Theophrastus.
	www.farlang.com /gemstones/theophrastus-on-stones/page_201 (393 words)

	Theophrastus Paracelsus: The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers (Alchemy)
		Now at this time, I, Theophrastus Paracelsus Bombast, Monarch of the Arcana, am endowed by God with special gifts for this end, that every searcher after this supreme philosophic work may be forced to imitate and to follow me, be he Italian, Pole, Gaul, German, or whatsoever or whosoever he be.
		But at this time, when Theophrastus Paracelsus has arrived as the Monarch of Arcana, the opportunity is at hand for finding out those things which were occult to all Spagyrists before me. Wherefore I say, Take only the rose-coloured blood from the Lion and the gluten from the Eagle.
		Since, then, I, Theophrastus Paracelsus, have tried each of them in different ways, I am willing to put them forward and to describe them according to the signs indeed of the work, and as in experience and proof they appeared to me better and more perfectly.
	www.rexresearch.com /alchemy2/paratinc.htm (3770 words)

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