Theophrastus of Eresus
Subtitle: sources for his life, writings, thought, and influence : commentary.
Contributors: Sharples, R. W.; Theophrastus.
Series: Philosophia antiqua,; v. 64
Publisher: E.J. Brill; Brill Academic Pub; Brill
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Leiden; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Theophrastus -- Sources.; Authors, Greek -- Biography -- Sources.; Philosophers -- Greece -- Biography -- Sources.
Description: These volumes form part of the large international Theophrastus Project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W. W. Fortenbaugh and others. Together with volumes comprising the texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide a new generation of classicists with an up-to-date collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c.370-288/5 B.C.), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum.

This volume forms part of the large international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W. W. Fortenbaugh and others. Together with volumes comprising the texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide a new generation of classicists with an up-to-date collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c.370-288/5 b.c.), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum.

In the present volume, the focus is on natural philosophy, apart from the study of living things. Topics covered include the principles of scientific enquiry, place, time, motion, the heavens, the sublunary world, meteorology and the study of materials.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: v. 5. Sources on biology / by R.W. Sharples.