Theophrastus - Reappraising the Sources

Theophrastus was Aristotle's pupil and second head of the Peripatetic School

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Preface -- Contributors -- 1. A Life in Fragments: The Vita Theophrasti /Jorgen Mejer -- 2. Qualche aspetto della vita di Teofrasto e il Liceo dopo Aristotele /Tiziano Dorandi -- 3. Theophrastus' Logic /Mario Mignucci -- 4. Theophrastus' Rhetorical Works: One Rhetorical Fragment the Less, One Logical Fragment the More /Dirk M. Schenkeveld -- 5. Theophrastus in the Tradition of Greek Casuistry /Trevor Saunders -- 6. Theophrastus on the Nature of Music (716 FHS&G) /C.M.J. Sicking -- 7. Le debut d'une physique: Ordre, extension et nature des fragments 142-144 A /B de Theophraste /Andre Laks -- 8. Philoponus on Theophrastus on Composition in Nature /Frans de Haas -- 9. Problemes de composition et de classification dans Yhistoria plantarum de Theophraste /Suzanne Amigues -- 10. Is Theophrastus a Significant Philosopher? /Richard Sorabji -- 11. L'originalita della posizione teofrastea nel contesto del pensiero animalistico aristotelico e della fisiognomica zoo-etica tra Peripato, Stoa e loro critici /Antonio M. Battegazzore -- 12. Theophrastus as Philosopher and Aristotelian /Robert W. Sharpies -- 13. Theophrastus and the Peripatos /Hans B. Gottschalk -- 14. Theophrastus, the Academy, and the Athenian Philosophical Atmosphere /John Glucker -- 15. Theophrastus, the Academy, Antiochus and Cicero: A Response (to John Glucker) and an Appendix /Woldemar Gorier -- 16. Theophrastus and Epicurean Physics /David Sedley -- 17. Theophrastus and the Stoa /A. A. Long -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Index of Subjects.

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Johannes M. van Ophuijsen

Riassunto

Theophrastus was Aristotle's pupil and second head of the Peripatetic School

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• Autori: J. M. van Ophuijsen, J. M. Van Raalte Ophuijsen, Johannes M. van Ophuijsen, Ophuijsen J M Van, Marlein van Raalte, Johannes M. van Ophuijsen
• Con la collaborazione di: Johannes M. van Ophuijsen (Editore), Marlein van Raalte (Editore), Johannes Van Ophuijsen (Editore), Johannes M. van Ophuijsen (Editore), Marlein van Raalte (Editore)
• Editore: Transaction Publishers
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 31.12.1997
• EAN: 9781560003281
• ISBN: 978-1-56000-328-1
• Pagine: 377
• Serie: Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities; Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Filosofia: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Filosofia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500