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Theophrastus (/ ˌ θ iː. ə ˈ f r æ s t ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θεόφραστος, romanized: Theophrastos, lit. 'godly phrased'; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy ...
The first translation into English, with an introduction and parallel Greek and English texts, was made by Sir Arthur Hort (1864–1935). It was published simultaneously by William Heinemann in London and G. P. Putnam's Sons in New York, as a two-volume book Theophrastus Enquiry into Plants and minor works on odours and weather signs in 1916. [7]
Historia Plantarum (Latin: History of/Treatise on Plants) has been used as all or part of the name of several books, which include: . Historia Plantarum (Theophrastus) (also called Enquiry into Plants), a book on plants by Theophrastus, written between c. 350 BC and c. 287 BC
Theophrastus redivivus (meaning "The revived Theophrastus") is an anonymous [1] [2] Latin-language book published on an unknown date sometime between 1600 and 1700. [3] The book has been described as "a compendium of old arguments against religion and belief in God" [ 1 ] and "an anthology of free thought."
Tarucus theophrastus – pointed Pierrot, African Pierrot, common tiger blue; Tarucus thespis (Linnaeus, 1764) – Vivid blue; Tarucus ungemachi Stempffer, 1944 – Ungemach's Pierrot; South Asian group: Tarucus ananda – dark Pierrot; Tarucus callinara – spotted Pierrot; Tarucus indica – Indian Pierrot; Tarucus nara – striped Pierrot
On Colors (Greek Περὶ χρωμάτων; Latin De Coloribus) is a treatise attributed to Aristotle [1] but sometimes ascribed to Theophrastus or Strato.The work outlines the theory that all colors (yellow, red, purple, blue, and green) are derived from mixtures of black and white.
Tarucus theophrastus, the common tiger blue, pointed Pierrot or African Pierrot, is a small butterfly found in the Old World tropics. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. This is the type species of the genus Tarucus .
Theophrastus is a small lunar impact crater at the southern part of the Sinus Amoris, a bay at the northeast part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus in 1973. [2] It lies to the southeast of the lava-flooded crater Maraldi, and was designated Maraldi M until the IAU gave it its current name.