Theophrastus
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+ | '''Theophrastus''' ([[371 BC|371]] – c. [[287 BC]]), a native of [[Eressos]] in [[Lesbos Island|Lesbos]], was the successor of [[Aristotle]] in the [[Peripatetic]] school. His interests were wide-ranging, extending from [[biology]] and [[physics]] to [[ethics]] and [[metaphysics]] but he is best remembered for ''[[The Characters]]'' which contains thirty brief, vigorous and trenchant outlines of moral types. | ||
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+ | His two surviving [[botanical]] works, ''[[Historia Plantarum (Theophrastus)|Enquiry into Plants]]'' and ''On the Causes of Plants'', were an important influence on [[medieval science]]. There are also surviving works ''On Moral Characters'', ''On Sensation'', ''On Stones'', and fragments on ''Physics'' and ''Metaphysics''. In philosophy, he studied [[grammar]] and [[language]], and continued Aristotle's work on [[logic]]. He also regarded [[space]] as the mere arrangement and position of bodies, [[time]] as an accident of motion, and [[motion]] as a necessary consequence of all activity. In [[ethics]], he regarded [[happiness]] as depending on external influences as well as on [[virtue]], and famously said that "life is ruled by fortune, not wisdom." He succeeded [[Aristotle]] at the [[Lyceum]]. | ||
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Theophrastus (371 – c. 287 BC), a native of Eressos in Lesbos, was the successor of Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. His interests were wide-ranging, extending from biology and physics to ethics and metaphysics but he is best remembered for The Characters which contains thirty brief, vigorous and trenchant outlines of moral types.
His two surviving botanical works, Enquiry into Plants and On the Causes of Plants, were an important influence on medieval science. There are also surviving works On Moral Characters, On Sensation, On Stones, and fragments on Physics and Metaphysics. In philosophy, he studied grammar and language, and continued Aristotle's work on logic. He also regarded space as the mere arrangement and position of bodies, time as an accident of motion, and motion as a necessary consequence of all activity. In ethics, he regarded happiness as depending on external influences as well as on virtue, and famously said that "life is ruled by fortune, not wisdom." He succeeded Aristotle at the Lyceum.
Another work frequently attributed to him is The Golden Book of Marriage.