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- Who he was: Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and naturalist, a student and successor of Aristotle, and head of the Lyceum in Athens after Aristotle. He is often regarded as the father of botany for his extensive plant works. [Britannica][6]
- Major works and influence: His surviving botanical writings include Historia Plantarum (Enquiry into Plants) and Peri phyton historia (On the History of Plants), which laid foundational methods for systematic observation and classification in biology. He also wrote on ethics, perception, and logic, continuing Aristotle’s lineage while introducing his own empirical approach. [Britannica][6]
- Historical significance: Theophrastus helped shape Peripatetic scholarship and had a lasting impact on natural history, medicine, and later Renaissance science, with his plant classifications and observations preserved by later scholars. [Britannica][6]
- Notable anecdotes: He faced political turbulence in Athens (including periods of persecution) but maintained leadership of the Lyceum for decades, contributing to a flourishing of Peripatetic study during his tenure. [Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy][1]
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kids.kiddle.coTheophrastus, originally named Tyrtamus, was a prominent Greek philosopher and naturalist born in Eresus on the island of Lesbos around 371 BCE. He studied under Alcippus and later became a student of Aristotle, who bestowed upon him the name Theophrastus, meaning "he of godlike speech." Theophrastus succeeded Aristotle as the head of the Lyceum in Athens after Aristotle's death and became a significant figure in the development of botany, making groundbreaking observations and...
www.ebsco.comTheophrastus was an ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyce...
www.wikiwand.comTheophrastus 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
www.britannica.comSo, when Demetrius became governor of Athens in 317 BCE in the Macedonian interest, he protected and helped Theophrastus, whose situation had become precarious, as is testified by a prosecution of impiety that was brought against him by a certain Agnonides. After Demetrius’ expulsion in 307 BCE, he was again persecuted, more seriously this time, when a law was passed forbidding anyone to open a school of philosophy without a government license; Theophrastus as well as many other philosophers...
plato.stanford.edu*scholarch*) of the Peripatetic school, a position he continued to hold after Aristotle's death in 322/1. Aristotle in his will made him guardian of his children, including Nicomachus with whom he was close. Aristotle likewise bequeathed to him his library and the originals of his works, and designated him as his successor at the Lyceum. Eudemus of Rhodes also had some claims to this position, and Aristoxenus is said to have resented Aristotle's choice.
static.hlt.bme.huTowards the end of the fifth century BCE the output fell, partly owing to the Spartan occupation of Decelea from c. 413 BCE. But the mines continued to be worked, though Strabo (c. 64 BCE to c. 24 CE) records that in his time the tailings were being worked over, and Pausanias (c. 110 to c. 180) speaks of the mines as a thing of the past. The ancient workings, consisting of shafts and galleries for excavating the ore, and washing tables for extracting the metal, may still be seen. Theophrastus...
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