TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fortenbaugh,William W.
AU  - Gutas,Dimitri
TI  - Theophrastus of Eresus
T2  - Philosophia Antiqua,
SN  - 9789004268760
AV  - PA4450 .F67 2014
U1  - 185 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Brill
KW  - Theophrastus.
KW  - Peripatetics
KW  - Proverbs in literature
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Front Matter; William W. Fortenbaugh --; Introduction; William W. Fortenbaugh --; The Sources; William W. Fortenbaugh --; Titles of Books; William W. Fortenbaugh --; The Texts; William W. Fortenbaugh --; Summary; William W. Fortenbaugh --; Bibliography; William W. Fortenbaugh --; Indices to the Titles and Texts; William W. Fortenbaugh --; Corrigenda and Addenda in the Text Translation Volumes; William W. Fortenbaugh
N2  - 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
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004268760
ER  -