Theophrastus

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Theophrastus was an ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle’s successor as head of the Lyceum, renowned for his influential works in logic, ethics, and especially botany.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Aristotle’s successor ⓘ
Peripatetic philosopher ⓘ
ancient Greek philosopher ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
ethicist ⓘ
logician ⓘ
writer ⓘ
alias Theophrastus of Eresus ⓘ
linked to: Theophrastus
birthDate c. 371 BC ⓘ
birthName Tyrtamus ⓘ
birthPlace Aegean Islands ⓘ
linked to: Aegean islands

Eresus ⓘ
Lesbos ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
deathDate c. 287 BC ⓘ
deathPlace Athens ⓘ
educatedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
era Hellenistic philosophy ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
fieldOfWork biology ⓘ
botany ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
grammar ⓘ
logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
meteorology ⓘ
mineralogy ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
physics (natural philosophy) ⓘ
rhetoric ⓘ
hasWorkType botanical treatise ⓘ
character sketches ⓘ
ethical treatise ⓘ
logical treatise ⓘ
influenced Hellenistic botany ⓘ
Renaissance naturalists ⓘ
Strato of Lampsacus ⓘ
later Peripatetic philosophers ⓘ
medieval botany ⓘ
influencedBy Aristotle ⓘ
Plato ⓘ
knownAs “father of botany” ⓘ
memberOf Lyceum ⓘ
linked to: Lyceum of Aristotle

Peripatetic school ⓘ
name Theophrastus ⓘ
notableWork Characters ⓘ
Enquiry into Plants ⓘ
Metaphysics (On First Principles) ⓘ
On Fire ⓘ
On Odours ⓘ
On Plants (corpus of botanical treatises) ⓘ
On Stones ⓘ
On Winds ⓘ
On the Causes of Plants ⓘ
On the Senses ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Peripatetic school ⓘ
positionHeld head of the Lyceum ⓘ
subjectOf ancient biographical traditions ⓘ
scholarly studies in history of botany ⓘ
succeeded Aristotle ⓘ
wroteInLanguage Ancient Greek ⓘ

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Aristotle → influenced → Theophrastus ⓘ
Aristotle → notableStudent → Theophrastus ⓘ
Menander → studentOf → Theophrastus ⓘ
Lyceum of Aristotle → notableTeacher → Theophrastus ⓘ
Lyceum of Aristotle → notableStudent → Theophrastus ⓘ
Peripatetic school → notableFigure → Theophrastus ⓘ
Theophrastus → name → Theophrastus ⓘ
Theophrastus → alias → Theophrastus of Eresus ⓘ
linked to: Theophrastus
Anaximenes of Miletus → knownFrom → Theophrastus ⓘ
Anaximander → influenced → Theophrastus ⓘ
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Leucippus → mentionedBy → Theophrastus ⓘ
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On the Senses → author → Theophrastus ⓘ
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On Stones → author → Theophrastus ⓘ
On Fire → author → Theophrastus ⓘ
On Winds → author → Theophrastus ⓘ
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On Odours → author → Theophrastus ⓘ
Naturalis Historia → influencedBy → Theophrastus ⓘ
Academy → notableStudent → Theophrastus ⓘ
Arcesilaus → influencedBy → Theophrastus ⓘ
Book V → subjectOf → Theophrastus ⓘ