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Theophrastus ( / ˌθiː.əˈfræstəs /; Ancient Greek: Θεόφραστος, romanized : Theóphrastos, lit. 'godly phrased'; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) [3] was a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos. [4] His given name was Τύρταμος ( Túrtamos ); his nickname ...
Apr 11, 2024 · Theophrastus (born c. 372 bc, Eresus, Lesbos—died c. 287) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher and pupil of Aristotle. He studied at Athens under Aristotle, and when Aristotle was forced to retire in 323, he became the head of the Lyceum, the academy in Athens founded by Aristotle. Under Theophrastus, the enrollment of pupils and auditors rose ...
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May 31, 2016 · Theophrastus. Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BCE) was a Peripatetic philosopher who was Aristotle’s close colleague and successor at the Lyceum. He wrote many treatises in all areas of philosophy, in order to support, improve, expand, and develop the Aristotelian system. 1.
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Theophrastus (c. 372 - 278 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek philospher and a favorite student of Aristotle, who appointed him his successor as leader of the Lyceum. He espoused the basic principles of Aristotle’s philosophy, and continued to build on them. He further developed modal logic and various forms of the syllogism, introducing the rule ...
May 21, 2018 · Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher and scientist who succeeded Aristotle as the head of the Peripatetic school. He wrote extensively on various topics, but only a few works survive, such as his botanical treatises and his essay on metaphysics.
Theophrastus of Eresus. Aristotle’s successor as head of his school at Athens was Theophrastus of Eresus (c. 371–c. 286 bce).All Theophrastus’s logical writings are now lost, and much of what was said about his logical views by late ancient authors was attributed to both Theophrastus and his colleague Eudemus, so it is difficult to isolate their respective contributions.
III. Theophrastus and the Aristotelic Doctrines How far Theophrastus attached himself to the Aristotelic doctrines, how he defined them more closely, or conceived them in a different form, and what additional structures of doctrine he formed upon them, can be determined but very partially owing to the scantiness of the statements which we have, and what belongs to this subject can be merely ...
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