Isbn: 9789004268821 - theophrastus of eresus, commentary volume 9.2: sources on discoveries and beginnings, proverbs et al. (texts 727-741) (7 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. No Jacket. Upper tip of front cover very slightly bumped. From the library of Prof. John Scarborough, School of Pharmacy and Department of Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with his bookplate on front flyleaf.

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Hardcover. Etat : New. &Uumlber den AutorWilliam 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 coll.

Buch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - 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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