Aristotle who took to Theophrastus in his writings. When Aristotle fled Athens, Theophrastus took over as head of the Lyceum. Theophrastus presided over the...
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Paracelsus (redirect from Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim)
[paʁaˈtsɛlzʊs]; c. 1493 – 24 September 1541), born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (full name Philippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim), was a Swiss physician...
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of an animal. Theophrastus made use of a variety of sources for the book, including Diocles on drugs and medicinal plants. Theophrastus claims to have...
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features, and is not significantly eroded. LTO-43D3 Theophrastus — L&PI topographic map "Theophrastus (crater)". Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. USGS...
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satirical character studies, Theophrastus Such focuses on various types of people he has observed in society. Usually, Theophrastus Such acts as a first-person...
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article: Theophrastus redivivus (currently under the process of community digitization) Theophrastus redivivus (meaning "The revived Theophrastus") is an...
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322 BC, his colleague Theophrastus succeeded him as head of the school. The most prominent member of the school after Theophrastus was Strato of Lampsacus...
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Mineralogical Society of America. Retrieved 10 February 2021. Theophrastus. Theophrastus on Stones. Retrieved 2011-12-10 – via Farlang.com. Pliny the Elder...
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Aristotle (section His successor, Theophrastus)
writings went to Theophrastus (Aristotle's successor as head of the Lycaeum and the Peripatetic school). After the death of Theophrastus, the peripatetic...
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Science. 2. doi:10.3389/fcosc.2021.785962. ISSN 2673-611X. Theophrastus, III.2.1, VI.3.3 Theophrastus, VI.3.5 Pliny, XXII, Ch. 49 Archived 2007-12-28 at the...
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target. He passed on his Lyceum to Theophrastus and died later that year in Chalcis, near his hometown. Theophrastus placed a provision in his will that...
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theophrastus is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Hering in 1926. It is found in Brazil. Savela, Markku. "Crocomela theophrastus...
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through the Greeks and the Romans. It is mentioned by the Greek polymath Theophrastus in his Historia Plantarum, written in c.300 BC, as "bee-leaf" (μελισσόφυλλον)...
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(1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. Media related to Tarucus theophrastus at Wikimedia Commons Data related to Tarucus theophrastus at Wikispecies...
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fire resistance unknown until recently distinguishing the date palm of Theophrastus, managed only in the next autumn quarter of 2010 not only to be reborn...
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is a combination of those of both his parents. Theophrastus (2004), James Diggle (ed.), Theophrastus: Characters, Cambridge University Press, p. 366...
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of large mammals. These localised naming systems are folk taxonomies. Theophrastus recorded evidence of a Greek folk taxonomy for plants, but later formalized...
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groups like the sharks and cetaceans, are commonly used. His student Theophrastus (Greece, 370–285 BC) carried on this tradition, mentioning some 500 plants...
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which they ought not. — 1 Timothy 5:13 Theophrastus translated by Isaac Taylor (1831), The Characters of Theophrastus Jeannine K. Brown (2006), "Just a Busybody...
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corundum variety sapphire. In his book on stones, the Greek scientist Theophrastus described "the sapphirus, which is speckled with gold," a description...
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Instagram posts. Discourse, context & media, 22, 30-38. Theophrastus (1870). The Characters of Theophrastus: An English Tr. from a Rev. Text. Macmillan & Company...
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two lineages of animals and plants were recognized by Aristotle and Theophrastus. The lineages were given the taxonomic rank of Kingdom by Linnaeus in...
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Greek and Roman times, when it was a well-established garden vegetable. Theophrastus mentions three kinds of rhaphanos (ῤάφανος): a curly-leaved, a smooth-leaved...
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gift of the olive. According to the fourth-century BC father of botany, Theophrastus, olive trees ordinarily attained an age around 200 years, he mentions...
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Samian Heraion dating to the 7th century BC. In the 4th century BC, Theophrastus names purslane, andrákhne (ἀνδράχνη), as one of the several summer pot...
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epithet, theophrasti, commemorates the ancient Greek botanist-philosopher Theophrastus. Velvetleaf grows 3–8 feet tall on branched, stout stems covered in downy...
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Ferdinand Bordewijk Characters (Theophrastus), a classical Greek set of character sketches attributed to Theophrastus Characters (John Abercrombie album)...
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hawthorn) and others evergreen (e.g. holly). Ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus divided the plant world into trees, shrubs and herbs. Small, low shrubs...
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resins has a very long history that was documented in ancient Greece by Theophrastus, in ancient Rome by Pliny the Elder, and especially in the resins known...
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Theoi.com: Aristaios. Robert Fagles, translator. Theophrastus, I.14.4 Theophrastus, II.2.11. Theophrastus, II.3.1 notes fortunate and unfortunate portentious...
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