| 单词 | Theophrastus |
| 例句 | There goes the ancient philosopher Theophrastus with his taxonomy of social types; there goes the caricaturist William Hogarth, who believed the face to be “the index of the mind.” What Is Your True ‘Character’? And Who’s to Judge It? 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z His childhood stuffed dog named Theophrastus rests on the couch. Will the Dr. Seuss museum be one of the places you’ll go? 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z And the works of Theophrastus, the father of botany, were studied closely for techniques of aromatic oil production. Scents of antiquity revived for exhibition at Athens museum 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z The ancient philosophers Plutarch and Theophrastus considered kneeling to be an expression of superstition, while Aristotle viewed it as a barbaric behavior. Perspective | Taking a knee has always been a sign of reverence, not disrespect 2017-09-28T04:00:00Z Three hundred years later, Theophrastus followed up on Thales’ experiments by rubbing various kinds of stone and also observed the “power of attraction.” Tiny sparks are all around us: How to harness, benefit from static electricity 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z His name was Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim and his contemporaries called him Paracelsus, but history knows him by this title: the Father of Toxicology. Why FDA Declines to Ban BPA 2012-04-03T09:15:00Z In George Eliot's Theophrastus Such, one finds explicit mention of the trouble that had been caused to her by two of these: "With all possible study of myself," she says in the first chapter ... The English Novel And the Principle of its Development 2012-03-21T02:00:37.123Z E.H. v, 28, quotes a document dealing with men who study Euclid, Aristotle and Theophrastus, and all but worship Galen, and have "corrected" the Scriptures. The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire 2012-03-11T03:00:13.983Z Aulus Gellius tells us that a case of sciatica was cured by gentle modulations, and Theophrastus maintains that the bites of serpents and other venomous reptiles can be relieved by similar means. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z In 1927, he started calling himself “Dr. Theophrastus Seuss” as a joke, and then, the next year, made it simply, Dr. Seuss. Six things you probably don?t know about Dr. Seuss 2012-03-02T21:09:00Z Virgil was well acquainted with the process, and Theophrastus compared it with propagation by cuttings. Disease in Plants 2012-03-01T03:00:22Z According to Cicero, Theophrastus, who came from as near Attica as Eretria in Euboea, was easily detected by a market-woman as no Athenian after he had lived thirty years in Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" 2011-11-28T03:00:19.517Z So far as can be identified with any assurance, Pliny adds but few distinct minerals to those enumerated by Theophrastus and Dioscorides. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The first, according to Theophrastus, was found on a part of Mount Œta called Pyra, on which the body of Hercules was burnt. Curiosities of Medical Experience 2012-03-09T03:00:20.410Z Theophrastus, who wrote a history of plants about three centuries before the Christian era, mentions the almond as the only tree in Greece that produces blossoms before the leaves. The Nut Culturist A Treatise on Propogation, Planting, and Cultivation of Nut Bearing Trees and Shrubs Adapted to the Climate of the United States 2011-11-12T03:00:31.793Z Of hardly less importance in this respect, though of considerably less intellectual and literary individuality, was the translator of Theophrastus and the author of the Caract�res, La Bruy�re. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z “Theophrastus describing this plant, says:—‘It is produced in marshes and in stagnant waters; the length of the stem, at the longest, four cubits, and the thickness of a finger, like the smooth jointless reed. Fishes, Flowers, and Fire as Elements and Deities in the Phallic Faiths and Worship of the Ancient Religions of Greece, Babylon, 2011-10-13T02:00:41.150Z Theophrastus is, we believe, the first to describe the touchstone, although it was generally known to the Greeks, as is evidenced by the metaphors of many of the poets,—Pindar, Theognis, Euripides, etc. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The English Theophrastus, or the Manners of the Age; being the Modern Characters of the Court, the Town and the City; written by several Hands; Price 5s. The Female Wits 2011-09-28T02:00:23.247Z Development of Petrographical Geology.—Theophrastus, the favourite pupil of Aristotle, wrote a treatise On Stones, which has come down to our own day, and may be regarded as the earliest work on petrography. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z It was in this building that Theophrastus von Hohenheim -- a Renaissance alchemist, astrologer and physician more commonly known as Paracelsus -- pioneered the use of chemicals in medicine. Insight: Why Swiss medicine men swallow a strong franc 2011-09-15T12:39:54Z The principal classical authorities are Theophrastus and the elder Pliny. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 "Gassendi, Pierre" to "Geocentric" 2011-09-02T02:00:20.450Z In fact, such was the fate of the works of Theophrastus and Strato on these subjects. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z The garnet was included, with other red stones, by Theophrastus, under the name of ἄνθραξ, while the common garnet seems to have been his ἀνθράκιον. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" 2011-08-24T02:00:20.690Z Quintilian tells us that an old Athenian woman called the eloquent Theophrastus a stranger, and declared "that she had discovered him to be a foreigner only from his speaking in a manner too Attic." Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z Theophrastus describes dissemblers, flatterers, intruders, rustics, parasites, babblers, the superstitious, misers, the proud, slanderers, etc. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z Theophrastus however says, that of the kind called κολοκύντη, there is not one species or genus only, but several, some better, some worse. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He was in fine to a certain distance a follower of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Strato, and other leaders of the Peripatetic school. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z But on the whole, instead of the old humour, we find in 'Daniel Deronda' a polished irony and epigrammatic sarcasm, which were afterwards still more fully developed in the 'Impressions of Theophrastus Such.' Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z A sneer of Theophrastus, a denunciation of Ezekiel, an anecdote of Herodotus, reveal to us the practices of contemporary savages as they existed thousands of years ago among races savage or civilised. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The attractive power of amber is mentioned by Theophrastus and Pliny, and from them by later naturalists. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical 2011-06-08T02:00:20.907Z Theophrastus, in the second book of his treatise on Plants, says that there is a sort of fig called Charitian Aratean. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Formerly, according to Theophrastus, it was only to be found in the river Tmolus but now found in many parts, it was found in small pieces never over four inches long by two broad. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z Her prose in those days had a swiftness of movement, an epigrammatic felicity, and a brilliancy of antithesis which we look for in vain in the over-elaborate sentences and somewhat ponderous wit of 'Theophrastus Such.' Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z From the Scenes of Clerical Life to Daniel Deronda and Theophrastus Such her writings became more and more loaded with philosophy. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z It will be seen that this modern study of clouds as prognostics simply adds to the weather proverbs that have come down to us from the time of Theophrastus. Sounding the Ocean of Air 2011-05-31T02:00:35.603Z But that the Cydonian apple differs from the στρούθιον, Theophrastus has asserted clearly enough in the second book of his History. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The author does not add any material mineralogical information to the quotations from Theophrastus and Pliny given above. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In the most interesting paper of 'Theophrastus Such,' that called 'The Modern Hep! Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z Under this head fall the heavy and laboured volume of essays entitled Impression of Theophrastus Such, and also the poems. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The grammarian, Diomedes, has preserved the definition of tragedy formulated by Theophrastus, Aristotle's successor as head of the Peripatetic school. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z And Theophrastus also speaks of the effect which the cabbage produces, saying that the vine as long as it lives always turns away from the smell of cabbage. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Naevius.—Theophrastus says of them that they are made by a conflux in the earth. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z This was especially shown in her latest work, 'The Impressions of Theophrastus Such,' a series of essays chiefly satirising the weaknesses and vanities of the literary class. Mathilde Blind 2011-07-27T02:00:25.473Z She quoted to me all that was written on the subject by Theophrastus, Cicero, and, above all, insisted on the unfortunate Socrates, who quitted life with joy, because by that means he left Xantippe. Letters of Abelard and Heloise To which is prefix?d a particular account of their lives, amours, and misfortunes 2011-04-28T02:00:15.367Z Theophrastus, of course, and Aristotle are the fathers of the art; besides Earles, Hall and Overbury are the best of the English School. Essays 2011-04-15T02:00:16.160Z But Theophrastus, in his book on Plants, says—"Plants with smooth rinds, as the truffle, the mushroom, the fungus, the geranium." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Theophrastus, the principal disciple of Aristotle, appears to have written at least two works relating to our subject—one "On Stones", and the other on metals, mining or metallurgy, but the latter is not extant. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z In the sixteenth century lived that extraordinary man Theophrastus Paracelsus, whose writings exercised a greater influence, perhaps, over the minds of his fellow creatures than any other author of his time. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z Deriving from Theophrastus, who was edited by Casaubon in 1592, they are yet another Renaissance form that England shared with France. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z Gaza's translations were mainly concerned with scientific Greek works, Aristotle "On Mechanical Problems" and "On Animals" and Theophrastus' "Botany." The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z And Theophrastus says of them—"The truffle, which some people call the geranium, and all other such plants which grow beneath the earth." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The principal interest in Theophrastus' work is the description of minerals; the information given is, however, such as might be possessed by any ordinary workman, and betrays no particular abilities for natural philosophy. De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 2011-11-16T03:00:21.977Z And herein, is that great piece of art which all the ancients have so religiously concealed, and which the divine Theophrastus has discovered. Mysteries of the Rosie Cross Or, the History of that Curious Sect of the Middle Ages, Known as the Rosicrucians; with Examples of their Pretensions and Claims as Set Forth in the Writings of Their Leaders and Disciples 2011-02-23T03:00:32.190Z He was a pupil of Theophrastus of Eresus, whom he met at Athens. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z The Low-Dose Threat His name was Theophrastus Philippus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, known to his contemporaries as Paracelsus and to students of science as the "father of toxicology." The Perils of Plastic 2010-04-01T09:45:00Z But Theophrastus, in the seventh book of his treatise on Plants, says—"In some places the onions are so sweet, that they are eaten raw, as they are in the Tauric Chersonesus." The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The day may possibly come when the plants of Theophrastus and Dioscorides may be ascertained; and, till this happens, we had better leave their names as we find them. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Theophrastus is to be one of the executors if he will and can, and if Nicanor should die to act instead, if he will, in reference to Pythias. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" According to Strabo he bequeathed all his works to Theophrastus, who, with other disciples of Aristotle, amended and continued them. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli The following is the account of Theophrastus, Theophrastus's History of Stones. On the magnet, magnetick bodies also, and on the great magnet the earth a new physiology, demonstrated by many arguments & experiments There is," says he, "a kind of onion which bears wool, according to Theophrastus; and it is produced on the sea-shore. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Aristotle, as we have stated above, had bequeathed them to Theophrastus, the most distinguished of his pupils, and his successor in the school. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History This easily passes into the further and still more sceptical hypothesis that the works, as we have them, under Aristotle’s name, are rather the works of the Peripatetic school, from Aristotle, Theophrastus and Eudemus downwards. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" About 300 years before Christ Theophrastus wrote a History of Plants, and described about 500 species used for the treatment of diseases. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 3 "Borgia, Lucrezia" to "Bradford, John" There are several references to Greek fetich-stones in Theophrastus’ account of the Superstitious Man. Custom and Myth New Edition And Aristotle or Theophrastus speaks of a man named Philinus as never having taken any drink or solid food whatever, except milk alone, during the whole of his life. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z To Nicomachus, his son by Herpylis, and to Pythias, his daughter by his first wife, he bequeaths the remainder of his fortune, excepting his library and writings, which he leaves to Theophrastus. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History Finally he studied under Aristotle at Athens, and was deeply annoyed, it is said, when Theophrastus was appointed head of the school on Aristotle’s death. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" The Theophrastus perhaps exhibits his most characteristic excellences as a commentator. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" Savages more frequently smear their fetich-stones with red paint than daub them with oil, but the latter, as we learn from Theophrastus’ account of the ‘superstitious man,’ was the Greek ritual. Custom and Myth New Edition But Theophrastus, in his book on Plants, calls some kinds of vetches κρεῖοι. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z The design of this curious and celebrated book is taken, like its title, from Theophrastus, but the plan is very much altered as well as extended. A Short History of French Literature The biographies of the former begin with Anaximander, and end with Clitomachus, Theophrastus and Chrysippus; the latter begins with Pythagoras, and ends with Epicurus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" He was a friend of Theophrastus, to whom he dedicated the majority of his works. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Theophrastus the Peripatetic published a work On Marriage in which he severely handled the female sex. Greek Women Theophrastus also mentions an oil which he calls ὠμοτριβὲς, that is to say, extracted raw, in his treatise on Scents, saying that it is produced from the large coarse olives called phaulian, and from almonds. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z Instead of copying directly the abstract qualities of Theophrastus and his brief, pregnant, but somewhat artificial and jejune description of them, La Bruyère adopted a scheme much better suited to his own age. A Short History of French Literature Their original settlement, according to a tradition recorded by Theophrastus, was at Tulos or Turos, in the Persian Gulf, the modern Bahrein. The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations About 292, thanks to his friend Theophrastus, he was able to return to Attica, and took up his abode in the country with a former associate, Proxenus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" Leontium wrote a reply in which she displayed so much subtlety, learning, and argumentative power that Theophrastus was thoroughly routed. Greek Women And Theophrastus, in his book on Animals which live in Holes, says that the torpedo works its way underground because of the cold. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z When they wanted the bitter almond to bear sweet almonds, they took counsel of Theophrastus and drove iron nails into the roots. Pretty Michal This last was followed by a volume of essays entitled the Impressions of Theophrastus Such. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) He had been the pupil both of Theophrastus and of Demetrius Phalereus, and had early acquired a certain fluency and versatility of style. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" The name comes from the Greek κιννάβαρι, used by Theophrastus, and probably applied to several distinct substances. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" And Theophrastus bequeathed money for an entertainment of that sort. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z He tells us that he drew largely from Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus and writings of the Peripatetics. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" Our young philosopher’s valuable “Treatise on Gems,” from Theophrastus, procured for him the warm friendship of the eminent members of the Royal Society. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors The histories of Anaxagoras, Protagoras, Diagoras, Socrates, Aristotle, Theophrastus, and of others, who were all condemned on account of their "impiety," tell quite another story.— Pedagogics as a System Theophrastus says that feeding upon flesh destroys the reason, and makes the mind more dull. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery Dorian by birth, when Theophrastus was made head of the school he retired to the Peloponnese, and shows a certain prejudice against Athens. Five Stages of Greek Religion Cato, the sturdy old Roman grape-grower who lived nearly two hundred years before Christ, speaks of grafting grapes, although Theophrastus, the Greek philosopher, wrote a hundred years before "the vine cannot be grafted upon itself." Manual of American Grape-Growing He complains of “the school-hyperboles” which Camden exhausts on him, among which Brooke is compared to “the strumpet Leontion,” who wrote against “the divine Theophrastus.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Perhaps one of the most careful observers that lived before the Christian era commenced, was Theophrastus, who wrote some strikingly correct things about the Cotton plant of India three centuries before Christ! The Story of the Cotton Plant Theophrastus affirms that there are magical verses which cure sciatica. The Phantom World or, The philosophy of spirits, apparitions, &c, &c. One wonders slightly whether Theophrastus spoke with as much implicit faith as Proclus suggests. Five Stages of Greek Religion The same Theophrastus is found fault with by all the books and schools of the philosophers, for commending that sentence in his Callisthenes: Fortune, not wisdom, rules the life of man. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Surely, had Theophrastus dealt with women’s matters, a woman, though mean, might in reason have contended with him. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors And here, a few years later on, came that bizarre personage who was for a very brief time Basel's "town physician," the Paracelsus Theophrastus Bombastus to whom we owe our word bombastic. Holbein And Theophrastus, at fourscore and ten, Had but begun his Characters of Men. Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden One of the earliest classifications of "kinds of conduct" has been ascribed by tradition to a disciple of Aristotle, Theophrastus, who styled himself "a student of human nature." Introduction to the Science of Sociology Do you then, says he, approve of the book of Theophrastus on a happy life? The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero For agriculture and natural history—Greek writers like Aristotle, Theophrastus, Democritus, and Xenophon; and Latin writers like Cato and Varro. The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Theophrastus, and other authors, amply attest the observant and industrious agriculture prevalent in Greece. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He was educated under the illustrious Theophrastus, from whom he learned philosophy and composition. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 5, May 1810 The Characters of Theophrastus is composed of sketches—humorous and acute, if superficial—of types such as "the flatterer," "the boor," "the coward," "the garrulous man." Introduction to the Science of Sociology But Theophrastus also detailed very copiously what were the natural inclinations of affairs, and what the influences of opportunities which required regulating as occasion might demand. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero It would be tedious were I to repeat the opinion of Theophrastus also on the subject of epilepsy. The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Beginning with Ancient Times Greeks: Theophrastus mentions hazel nuts but nothing about walnuts. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 Euclid is at least laboriously measured by some of them; Aristotle and Theophrastus admired; and Galen, perhaps, by some is even worshipped. A Source Book for Ancient Church History Theophrastus, who was born nearly four hundred years before Christ, described beer as the wine of barley. Fragments of science, V. 1-2 The knowledge of things has been often extolled in a wonderful manner by Aristotle and Theophrastus for its own sake. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero At the death of the philosopher they were bequeathed to Theophrastus, who continued chief of the Peripatetic school for thirty-five years. Fathers of Biology And Zeno, observing that Theophrastus was admired for the number of his pupils,264 said, 125"His choir is, I admit, larger than mine, but mine is more harmonious." § vii. Plutarch's Morals He.—I have read, and I read, and I read over and over again Theophrastus and La Bruyère and Molière. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Nay, there is a famous anecdote perpetually cited as an illustration of Athenian delicacy in matters of pronunciation, that Theophrastus was known to be a foreigner even by a herbseller. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851 Theophrastus and Aristotle speak doubtfully of his having been a pupil of Xenophanes. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero Theophrastus left them, with his own works, to a philosophical friend and pupil, Neleus, who conveyed them from Athens to his residence at Scepsis, in Asia Minor. Fathers of Biology Compare the remark of Zeno in reference to the number of Theophrastus' scholars, "His is a larger body, but mine are better taught." Plutarch's Morals Boats were sometimes made of that material, as we learn from Pliny, and Herodotus, and Theophrastus. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony These volumes of Theophrastus give the same impression. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield But I imagine that you, like my friend Triarius here, like him the less because he neglected the ornaments of diction in which Plato, and Aristotle, and Theophrastus indulged. The Academic Questions, Treatise De Finibus, and Tusculan Disputations, of M.T. Cicero, With a Sketch of the Greek Philosophers Mentioned by Cicero About thirty or forty years after the death of Theophrastus, the kings of Pergamus, to whom the city of Scepsis belonged, began collecting books to form a library on the Alexandrian plan. Fathers of Biology Our student has determined on entering himself as a disciple of Theophrastus, a teacher of marvellous popularity, who has brought together two thousand pupils from all parts of the world. Harvard Classics Volume 28 Essays English and American Theophrastus thought it extremely hard to die at ninety, and to go out of the world when he had just learned how to live in it. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II Theophrastus understood the value of developmental study, a conception derived from his master. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield I dislike Theophrastus for his affected contempt of your doctrines. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Should a letter seem too Attical; still better, since it was by discovering Theophrastus, who was no Athenian, that a good old woman of Athens laid hold of a word, and shamed him. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Many Greek and Roman authors, especially Dioscorides, Theophrastus, Pliny and Paladius, wrote more or less fully of its cultivation and uses. Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses Theophrastus was the originator of the science of Botany, and wrote the "History of Plants." Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine It is thus not remarkable that the process should impress Theophrastus, who has left on record his views on the formation of the plant from the seed. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Permit me also, like Theophrastus, to borrow a few words from a poet. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Thus his ingenuity designated his favourite Theophrastus, the author of the "Characters," for his successor. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Mr. Morley is hardly less severe in speaking of the “Thoughts” in Theophrastus Such: “the most insufferable of all deadly-lively prosing in our sublunary world.” Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources Aristotle's successor in the school was Theophrastus, who added to the library bequeathed him by Aristotle many works of his own, and others purchased by him. A Short History of Greek Philosophy Thus Theophrastus has succeeded in distinguishing between the hypogynous, perigynous, and epigynous types of flower, and has almost come to regard its relation to the fruit as the essential floral element. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Theophrastus is a writer of many acquirements and some shrewdness, usually judicious, often somewhat witty, always elegant; his thoughts are never confused, his sentences are never incomprehensible. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection The books of Aristotle came from his scholar Theophrastus to Neleus, whose posterity, an illiterate race, kept them locked up without using them, buried in the earth! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In France, on the other hand, Theophrastus was still unknown to the vulgar, when La Bruyère took him up. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France He carried with him from Athens to Rome the valuable library of Apellicon of Teos, which contained most of the works of Aristotle and Theophrastus. A Smaller History of Rome But Theophrastus shows by many examples that he is capable of following out morphological homologies. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield In my treatise I have only defended your tenets against Theophrastus. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Theophrastus began his admirable work on the Characters of Men at the extreme age of ninety. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 For some reason or other, the greatest impression had been made by Theophrastus in England, where there appeared a large number of successive imitations or paraphrases of his "Characters." Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France It was known as the "Milk Plant" to Dioscorides and Theophrastus, and was much esteemed by the Romans to be eaten after a debauch of wine, or as a sedative for inducing sleep. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure The observations of Theophrastus are, however, so accurate, so lucid, and so complete that they might well be used as legends for the plates of these writers two thousand years after him. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield My remarks on the conduct and on the style of Theophrastus are not confined to him solely. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection One fine, earnest, receptive pupil is about all any teacher should expect in a lifetime, but Plato had at least two, Aristotle and Theophrastus. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists “Experiment is not sufficient,” writes Theophrastus von Hohenheim, called Paracelsus; “experience must verify what can be accepted or not accepted; knowledge is experience.” Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Raoul, opening his large eyes, like the absent man in Theophrastus, had made no answer, but his sadness had increased by it two shades. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" Theophrastus tells us that there are certain trees, the fig among them, which are apt to shed their fruit prematurely. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Theophrastus would persuade us that, according to your system, we not only should decline the succour of the wretched, but avoid the sympathies that poets and historians would awaken in us. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection Aristotle and Theophrastus take the places of honor, and then follow a score of names of men whose works have perished and whom we know mostly through what Pliny says about them. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists It was not in her prime when she painfully evolved the sour affectations set forth in Theophrastus. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Theophrastus says that the reading of poetry is of vast service to the orator. The Training of a Public Speaker The works of the two men, Fabricius and Theophrastus, bear indeed a resemblance to each other. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield He subsequently visited Athens, where he enjoyed the friendship of Theophrastus, and devoted himself to history and natural philosophy. On the Sublime But the name given by Aristotle, who always had a passion for naming things, stuck, and the world knows this superbly great man as Theophrastus. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists We will not speak of Theophrastus Such, 1879, written just before her death. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Theophrastus adds another kind of exordium, taken from the pleading of the orator who speaks first. The Training of a Public Speaker In this light let us examine the work of Theophrastus. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The same merit belongs to that original phrase in Theophrastus; to me, at least, from the closeness of its analogy, it seems to have a peculiar expressiveness, though Caecilius censures it, without telling us why. On the Sublime The ancients describe other methods, among which Theophrastus speaks of using vinegar, which, however, appears from modern investigations to have been an erroneous account. Scientific American Supplement, No. 312, December 24, 1881 The best exemplification of what the ancients meant by superstition is to be found in the lively and dramatic words of Aristotle’s great pupil, Theophrastus. Health and Education And as to Theophrastus, his elocution has something so noble and so divine that it may be said that from these qualities came his name. The Training of a Public Speaker With the death of Theophrastus about 287 B. C. pure biological science substantially disappears from the Greek world, and we get the same type of deterioration that is later encountered in other scientific departments. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield It takes its name of Stapelia from Stapel, a Dutchman, author of some botanical works, particularly a Description of Theophrastus's plants. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 1 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed He does what has been done since Aristotle, Theophrastus and Pliny, all of whom insist on "caprification" as essential to a large crop of figs adapted to drying. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science October, 1877. Vol XX - No. 118 A much more plausible explanation, it seems to me, is to be found in the theory of Theophrastus, in which the origin of music is attributed to the whole range of human emotion. Critical and Historical Essays Lectures delivered at Columbia University Gally's essay, in which he claims to deduce his critical principles from the practice of Theophrastus, ii is both historically and intrinsically the most important work of its kind. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) His Ethics is half a treatise on human nature, half a book, akin to the Characters of Theophrastus, on deportment for a Greek citizen. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield The testimonies of Herodotus, Theophrastus, Strabo, and Pliny as to the enormous returns which the Babylonian farmers obtained from their corn lands have been already cited. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 4. (of 7): Babylon The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Theophrastus, Dioscorides, Virgil, and other writers, celebrate its wonderful qualities, distinctly assigning it to the same region. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Pliny follows Theophrastus, with the exception that he makes the return of the wheat-crop, where the land is well farmed, a hundred and fifty-fold. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 1. (of 7): Chaldaea The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Of course, the character as Theophrastus wrote it described the type, not the particular person. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) From Butler's "Characters", a series of satirical portraits akin to those of Theophrastus. English Satires Rameau is not the ακόλστος of Aristotle, nor the creature of απονοία described by Theophrastus—the castaway by individual idiosyncrasy, the reprobate by accident. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) Although Boyer has used as his title The English Theophrastus, examination of the sections here reprinted will show that he has departed from the way of the Greek master. The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country According to Theophrastus, the stone which he calls emerald, and from which large obelists were cut, must have been an imperfect jasper. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 True, he harks back to Theophrastus in matters of style and technique. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) The Characters of Theophrastus supplied a model to some of the writers. English Satires From the middle of this age the Monarchy of all the Arts has been at length derived and conferred on me, Theophrastus Paracelsus, Prince of Philosophy and Medicine. The Story of Alchemy and the Beginnings of Chemistry The second, resembling the first in design but considerably enlarged, was published in 1702 under the title The English Theophrastus: Or The Manners of the Age. The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country The historian Theophrastus informs us that the mother of Agesilaus was a very small woman, and that the Ephors had fined Archidamus, on that special ground, for marrying her. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. This is not the first Time that Theophrastus has appeared in a modern Dress. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) And throughout his life Theophrastus observes that Aristeides, though scrupulously just in his dealings with his fellow-citizens, yet sometimes in dealing with other states was guided rather by advantage than by equity. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II There are several references to Greek fetich-stones in Theophrastus’s account of the Superstitious Man. Custom and Myth The following selections are reproduced, with permission, from a copy of The English Theophrastus in the library of the University of Michigan. The Present State of Wit (1711) In a Letter to a Friend in the Country This was possibly caused by the hot and fiery constitution of his body; for sweet scents are produced, according to Theophrastus, by heat acting upon moisture. Plutarch's Lives Volume III. The Characters of Theophrastus have been twice translated into English. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) He then bathed, put on a splendid dress, and led his countrymen to execution, according to the account given by Theophrastus. Plutarch's Lives, Volume II Savages more frequently smear their fetich-stones with red paint than daub them with oil, but the latter, as we learn from Theophrastus’s account of the ‘superstitious man,’ was the Greek ritual. Custom and Myth If we are to believe Theophrastus, who has inquired more diligently into these various tales than any one else, Alkibiades excelled all men of his time in readiness of invention and resource. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I In a fragment of Theophrastus, preserved by Photius, he mentions, among other kinds of honey, one that is found in reeds. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson In general, it is not exact and accurate enough; but what is far worse, Mr. Budgell gives, in too many Instances, his own Thoughts instead of representing the true Sense of Theophrastus. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) Here Aristotle had taught, and after Aristotle, Theophrastus, and after him, a long succession of thinkers of the same school. Roman life in the days of Cicero The Impressions of Theophrastus Such, a collection of miscellaneous essays. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature This was a great advantage, but it was a greater to render wealth valueless, and, as Theophrastus says, to neutralise it by their common dining-table and the simplicity of their habits. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I Theophrastus, one of his pupils, made a compilation of prognostics concerning rain, wind and storm, and there investigation ceased for ages. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 This is, in some Measure, the Case of Theophrastus: He has been transformed; and he has suffer’d in the Transformation. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) At the age of eighteen, he repaired to Athens, where he is supposed to have enjoyed the teaching of Xenocrates or Theophrastus. Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics And Theophrastus, in his essay 'On Love,' says that the name of this boy was Amphilochus, and that he was a native of Olenus. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 Theophrastus, in his treatise on Ethics, discusses whether a man's character can be changed by disease, and whether virtue depends upon bodily health. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I A mineral fuel is mentioned by Theophrastus about 300 B.C., from which it is inferred that thus early it was dug from some of the more shallow depths. The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes Mr. de la Bruyere had a more modest Opinion of himself: He wou’d have been proud of the Title of little Theophrastus. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) Seed is hidden from us when it is disseminated in the air, as the physicist Anaxagoras holds, or is distributed over the land by the surface water, as Theophrastus maintains. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro In the year 1713 he published a very elegant translation of Theophrastus's Characters, which Mr. Addison in the Lover says, 'is the best version extant of any ancient author in the English language.' The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume V. But Theophrastus tells us that it was not Solon, but Peisistratus, who made the law about idleness, by means of which he rendered the city more quiet, and the country better cultivated. Plutarch's Lives, Volume I He had been a scholar of Theophrastus: his passion for the women brought infamy upon him: he was squinteyed, and very lively. The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 05 Miscellaneous Pieces Gally attributes to Theophrastus the spurious "Proem," in which Theophrastus, emphasizing his ethical purpose, announces his intention of following up his characters of vice with characters of virtue. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) There is another of the same kind in Cyprus, according to Theophrastus. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro In Theophrastus Such she credited to the Apologia of Plato what is really contained in the Phaedo. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Stoicism receives a passing notice, as also does what Varro considers the heresy of Theophrastus, who strips virtue of all its beauty, by denying that happiness depends upon it. Cicero Ancient Classics for English Readers And Theophrastus is more distinct still in laying down the same rule. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 Gally, who sets up Theophrastus as his model, apparently fails to realize that a "humourist" like Sir Roger verges on individuality. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) I have supposed these to be without number," said Agrius, "when I have read the many books which Theophrastus wrote on The History of Plants and The Causes of Vegetation. Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro The essay on "Moral Swindlers," in Theophrastus Such, clearly indicates George Eliot's point of view in ethics. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Aristotle and Theophrastus are the objects of their admiration; and they express an uncommon reverence for the works of Galen. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 One quality will be present, which Theophrastus calls the fourth in his praises of oratory;—full of ornament, sweetness, and fluency. The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 But if those Manners and Customs, which Theophrastus alludes to, were, in his Time, well known to the meanest Athenian, it does not follow that they are now so well known to a modern Reader. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) Homer, Plutarch, Theophrastus, and Galen say that music cures rheumatism, the pests, and stings of reptiles, etc. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine The same idea is to be seen very clearly in the last essay in the Impressions of Theophrastus Such. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Metellus derided and contemned this, and rightly so; for, as Theophrastus observes, a general should die like a general, and not like a skirmisher. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans The Greek word is used by Homer as a personal epithet, and by Hesiod for the hard metal in armour, while Theophrastus applies it to the hardest crystal. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 MR. de la Bruyere has given us a Translation of the Characters of Theophrastus; to which he has annex’d what he calls the Characters or Manners of the present Age. A Critical Essay on Characteristic-Writings From his translation of The Moral Characters of Theophrastus (1725) The most brilliant pupil of Aristotle was Theophrastus, naturalist, botanist, and moralist. Initiation into Philosophy After she began her career as a novelist George Eliot wrote about twenty essays, nearly all of which are included in her last book, Impressions of Theophrastus Such. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Then washing himself, and putting on a fine cloak, he led the citizens the way to the slaughter, as Theophrastus writes in his history. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Now and then out of that affluence of their learning comes a fine sentence from Theophrastus, or Seneca, or Boëthius, but no high method, no inspiring efflux. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 All applauded excepting Theophrastus, who made a grimace as behoved a well-bred man like him. The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2 The only work of Theophrastus we possess is his Characters, which was translated and continued by La Bruyère. Initiation into Literature After the second essay Theophrastus disappears, and no further hint is given that it is he who is the reputed author. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Here he was initiated in the mysteries, and seized for his use the library of Apellicon the Teian, in which were most of the works of Theophrastus and Aristotle, then not in general circulation. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans By Priapus, they have the Indian herb of which Theophrastus spoke, or I'm much out. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 5 There are many trees whose height is by it very far exceeded, and you might call it dendromalache by the authority of Theophrastus. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 My wife is all for Mr. Fielding and Theophrastus. The Virginians Her last book, Impressions of Theophrastus Such, a series of essays on moral and literary subjects, written the year before, was published by Blackwood in June, 1879. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Theophrastus writes that it was first presented to Bias at Priene; and next to Thales at Miletus, and so through all it returned to Bias, and was afterwards sent to Delphi. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans It is truly lamentable to reflect that while the rational and on the whole truthful descriptions of Aristotle and Theophrastus were extant and accessible, Pliny's nonsense should in preference have gained the ear of mankind. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Nobody could induce "splendid beeches" to grow in the lowlands of Latium, yet Theophrastus, a botanist, says that they were drawn from this region for shipbuilding purposes. Old Calabria He adds that older men like ourselves may indulge therein as an ally against the austerity of their years—agreeing, therefore, with Theophrastus who likewise recommends it for the "natural moroseness" of age. Alone Her criticisms in Theophrastus Such were penetrating and severe. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Yet he was taken, Theophrastus tells us, with the garlands they made of the papyrus, because of their simplicity, and when he returned home, he demanded one of the king, which he carried with him. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans There were several copies of wills in Diogenes Laertius, as those of Aristotle, Lycon, and Theophrastus; whence it appears they had a common form, beginning with a wish for life and health. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 345, December 6, 1828 The method of Theophrastus, as Casaubon said, was between the philosophical and the poetical. Character Writings of the 17th Century "Theophrastus Such," the last work of George Eliot, is not a novel, but a series of character sketches, full of unusual bitterness and withering sarcasm. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women In the second chapter of Theophrastus Such, she says,— I cherish my childish loves—the memory of that warm little nest where my affections were fledged. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Theophrastus writes, that the Ephors laid a fine upon Archidamus for marrying a little wife, "For" said they, "she will bring us a race of kinglets, instead of kings." Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans The best exemplification of what the ancients meant by superstition is to be found in the lively and dramatic words of Aristotle’s great pupil Theophrastus. Scientific Essays and Lectures For, as Theophrastus well observes, wholes would possess less authority than parts, and things eternal than such as are corruptible, if deprived of the possession of soul. Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato In "Theophrastus Such," on the contrary, as in some parts of "Daniel Deronda," the sentences are long, involved, and often almost unintelligible. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 07 Great Women Another form in which Nemesis punishes us is described in the essay on "A Half-Breed" in The Impressions of Theophrastus Such. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Of the captains of Antigonus, he dismissed Archelaus, whom he had taken prisoner, and Theophrastus, who refused to quit his post, he put to death. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans Aristotle's rhetorical theories superseded those of the early text-books, and through the influence of his Rhetoric and the teaching of his pupil Theophrastus set their seal on subsequent rhetorical theory. Rhetoric and Poetry in the Renaissance A Study of Rhetorical Terms in English Renaissance Literary Criticism Then there is the basil with its mystic virtues, and the cumin-see and cyclamen, which from the time of Theophrastus have been coveted for their magic virtues. The Folk-lore of Plants Athenaeus quotes the same passage from Theophrastus, with this additional circumstance, that, as to the second of these disorders, to render the cure more certain, the flute should play in the Phrygian mode. Thaumaturgia She makes Theophrastus Such, in the essay on "Looking Backward," speak her own mind. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy The Character of Man, Theophrastus' greatest work, was begun on his ninetieth birthday. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities In Switzerland, Theophrastus Paracelsus, an astrologer and alchemist who later became a physician, did not believe that humor imbalance caused disease nor in treatment by blood-letting or purging. Our Legal Heritage : 600-1776 King Aethelbert - King George III Theophrastus telleth this manner hunting of bears, and learned it of the hunters in the country of Germany. Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus The sound of the flute was likewise a specific for the bite of a viper, according to Theophrastus and Democritus, whose authority Aulus Gellius gives for his belief of the fact. Thaumaturgia As explicit is a passage in Theophrastus Such, wherein imagination is regarded as a means of knowledge, because it rests on a subconscious expression of experience. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy In physical knowledge Aristotle and Theophrastus had already—no doubt assisted by the labours of those of their predecessor whom they criticize—made advances worthy of the maturity of science. A Defence of Poetry and Other Essays He lived in the time of Epicurus and Theophrastus, about the 120th Olympiad. Hudibras Pliny, adopting the distinction of Theophrastus, says, "Of trees there are some which are altogether wild, some more civilized." Wild Apples Theophrastus pronounced Pericles to be insane in consequence of seeing him with an amulet suspended from his neck. Thaumaturgia To the same effect is her saying in Theophrastus Such, that "our civilization, considered as a splendid material fabric, is helplessly in peril without the spiritual police of sentiments or ideal feelings." George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Theophrastus has left us a description of the woods of Latium as they were in the fourth century before Christ. The Golden Bough With what, O good sir, do Aristotle and Theophrastus begin? Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The superstitious man in Theophrastus's Characters used to anoint the sacred stones with oil. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 Are we on that account to regard Theophrastus as utterly discredited, because your favourite Timams attacked his statement? Letters of Marcus Tullius Cicero Theophrastus Such, in the last of his essays, tells us that "it is impossible to arrest the tendencies of things towards the quicker or slower fusion of races." George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Raoul, opening his large eyes, like the absent man in Theophrastus, made no answer, but his sadness increased two shades. The Man in the Iron Mask The cause of this Theophrastus thinks to be the heat of the soil; for pines grow most in chalky grounds. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies His style seems to me to be superior to that of any extant writer who lived later than the age of Demosthenes and Theophrastus. Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay Volume 1 Theophrastus writes, that the Ephors laid a fine upon Archidamus for marrying a little wife, "For," said they, "she will bring us a race of kinglets, instead of kings." The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls Her conception of the corporate life of the nice has been clearly expressed by George Eliot in the concluding essay in Theophrastus Such. George Eliot; a Critical Study of Her Life, Writings & Philosophy Theophrastus couldn't better have depicted the irascible man. Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus I had often desired my friends to search no farther, most of all fearing the passage of Theophrastus, in which he has collected many things whose causes we cannot discover. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies You will easily remark the difference of tone between the seriousness and pathos of the Hebrew prophet and the light and chaffing touch of Theophrastus. Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) This enquiry is not really separable from an investigation of Theophrastus as well as Aristotle and of the remains of other schools of philosophy as well as of the Peripatetics. Philebus Theophrastus, however, was much less a classifier than his master, and his work on botany, called The Natural History of Development, pays comparatively slight attention to theoretical questions. A History of Science — Volume 1 The character is not philosophised and then illustrated by concrete instances after the manner of Theophrastus, but we see the man moving before us and are made aware of his nature at once. Cyropaedia: the education of Cyrus And therefore Theophrastus jocularly called the barbers' shops feasts without wine; because those that sit there usually prattle and discourse. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Theophrastus, a student of Aristotle and his successor, created the science of botany and made possible the pharmacologists of a few centuries later. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Mr. Knight also says that the Greek name papuros, mentioned by Theophrastus, a contemporary of Aristotle and Alexander, was probably the Egyptian name of the reed with a Greek termination. Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. In this regard the work of Theophrastus, is more nearly akin to the natural history of the famous Roman compiler, Pliny. A History of Science — Volume 1 The son of a Swiss physician, but of noble blood, Philip Aureolus Theophrastus was his Christian name, Bombast von Hohenheim his surname, which last word he turned, after the fashion of the times, into Paracelsus. Historical Lectures and Essays Aristotle, Theophrastus, and after them almost all the Peripatetics give the same division of philosophy. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies The Greek art of observation was revived in a study of the scientific writings of Aristotle, Theophrastus and Dioscorides and in medicine, of Hippocrates and of Galen, all in the Greek originals. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 For according to Theophrastus, a jeer is a figurative reproach for some fault or misdemeanor; and therefore he that hears it supplies the concealed part, as if he knew and gave credit to the thing. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies It remained, however, throughout antiquity as the most important work on its subject, and it entitles Theophrastus to be called the "father of botany." A History of Science — Volume 1 Theophrastus writes how that Plato, when he grew old, repented him that he had placed the earth in the middle of the universe, which was not its place. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies And what the pleasures of Theophrastus and of Phidias, when they cut off the tyrants of their respective countries? Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies I confess indeed, that Plato, Aristotle, Theophrastus and Democritus contradicted those who went before them; but never durst any man besides Colotes set forth with such an insolent title as this against all at once. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Or as Theophrastus, who twice delivered his city, when possessed and held by tyrants? Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies Theophrastus deals also with the mineral kingdom after much the same fashion, and here again his work is the most notable that was produced in antiquity. A History of Science — Volume 1 When Aristotle and Theophrastus passed from the scene, Athens ceased to be in any sense the scientific centre of the world. A History of Science — Volume 1 Sossius applauding these discourses added: Perhaps we may make a probable conjecture from Theophrastus's discourse of Music, for I have lately read the book. Complete Works of Plutarch — Volume 3: Essays and Miscellanies What Aristotle did for the animal kingdom his pupil, Theophrastus, did in some measure for the vegetable kingdom. A History of Science — Volume 1 |
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