Theophrastus of Eresus, Commentary Volume 9.2: Sources on Discoveries and Beginnings, Proverbs Et Al. (Texts 727-741) - Couverture rigide

Fortenbaugh, William W.; Gutas, Dimitri

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004268820 ISBN 13 : 9789004268821

Editeur : Brill, 2014

Synopsis

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.

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À propos de l'auteur

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).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004268820
• ISBN 13: 9789004268821
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 312
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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