Theophrastus of Eresus, Commentary Volume 9.2

approx. 290 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-26882-1
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 619 g

Reihe: Brill

This volume concerns Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School. The focus is twofold. First, it deals with discoveries and inventions, both useful and pleasurable, and more generally changes that transformed the way people live. Theophrastus wrote a work entitled On Discoveries, which may be regarded as cultural history. Second, the volume focuses on proverbs: familiar sayings containing useful truths that have been observed by earlier generations and passed on in a form that is concise and attractive. Theophrastus wrote a work entitled On Proverbs and made use of proverbs in his writings on ethics, rhetoric and humor. He recognized their importance in educating the young and maintaining the traditions of an earlier age.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fortenbaugh, William W.

Gutas, Dimitri

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Naturphilosophie, Philosophie und Evolution
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Literaturwissenschaft Klassische Griechische & Byzantinische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie

Über Autor(innen)

William Fortenbaugh, Ph.D University of Pennsylvania (1964) and Professor Emeritus of Classics at Rutgers University is the author of Aristotle on Emotion (1975), Director of Project Theophrastus, co-editor of the collected fragments (1992) and editor of Theophrastus On Sweat (2003).