Looking for Theophrastus - Travels in Search of a Lost Philosopher

A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back two thousand years to rescue from obscurity Aristotle's friend and Chaucer's inspiration, the forgotten philosopher who grandfathered botany and the English novel.

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Laura Beatty

Summary

A strange, wild, brilliant personal journey - across land and through time - in which Laura Beatty travels back two thousand years to rescue from obscurity Aristotle's friend and Chaucer's inspiration, the forgotten philosopher who grandfathered botany and the English novel.

Product details

• Authors: Laura Beatty, Beatty Laura
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2024
• EAN: 9781838954383
• ISBN: 978-1-83895-438-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 303 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Biography: literary, PHILOSOPHY / General, NATURE / Ecosystems & Habitats / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, TRAVEL / Europe / Greece, SCIENCE / Natural History, Greece, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Social and cultural anthropology, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Ancient Greek religion and mythology, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500