Publisher's Synopsis
This book is a collection of the surviving works and excerpts of the writings of Theophrastus of Eresus, a Greek philosopher and scientist who lived in the fourth century BCE. It includes treatises on natural history, ethics, metaphysics, logic and rhetoric, as well as fragments of lost works. It offers a glimpse into the intellectual world of ancient Greece and its legacy for modern thought.
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