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Modus ponens and modus tollens [2] Theophrastus ( / ˌθiː.əˈfræstəs /; Ancient Greek: Θεόφραστος, romanized :Theóphrastos, lit. 'godly phrased'; c.371 – c.287 BC) [3] was a Greek philosopher and the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He was a native of Eresos in Lesbos. [4]
Theophrastus (born c. 372 bc, Eresus, Lesbos—died c. 287) was a Greek Peripatetic philosopher and pupil of Aristotle. He studied at Athens under Aristotle, and when Aristotle was forced to retire in 323, he became the head of the Lyceum, the academy in Athens founded by Aristotle.
May 31, 2016 · Theophrastus (c. 371–287 BCE) was a Peripatetic philosopher who was Aristotle’s close colleague and successor at the Lyceum. He wrote many treatises in all areas of philosophy, in order to support, improve, expand, and develop the Aristotelian system. 1.
Feb 24, 2011 · Theophrastus developed his own vocabulary to describe plant processes and horticultural and agricultural efforts. He was concerned about the many species of unidentified and unknown plants of the wilderness.
Theophrastus (c. 372 - 278 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek philospher and a favorite student of Aristotle, who appointed him his successor as leader of the Lyceum. He espoused the basic principles of Aristotle’s philosophy, and continued to build on them.
May 21, 2018 · THEOPHRASTUS (b. Eresus, Lesbos, ca. 371 b.c.;d. Athens, ca. 287 b.c.)botany, mineralogy, philosophy.Theophrastus was associated with Aristotle for more than two decades and succeeded him as head of what came to be known as the Peripatetic school.
Quick Reference. ( c. 372 bc–287 bc) Greek botanist and philosopher. Theophrastus, who was born at Eresus on Lesbos (now in Greece), attended the Academy at Athens as a pupil of Plato. After Plato's death he joined Aristotle and became his chief assistant when Aristotle founded the Lyceum at Athens.
Wimmer has published a new and much improved edition of the history of plants, as the first volume of the entire works of Theophrastus. (Theophrasti opera quae supersunt omnia emendata edidit cum apparatu critic Fr. Wimmer, Tomus primus historiam plantarum continens, Vratislaviae, 1842. 8vo.)
T heophrastus was a scientist and philosopher who made significant contributions to nearly every area of thought and science, and in particular the study of botany and ecology. Originally named Tyrtamus, he received the nickname Theophrastus, meaning "divine speech," from Aristotle (384-322 b.c.).
As with his prosleptic syllogisms, Theophrastus divided these totally hypothetical syllogisms into three “figures,” after an analogy with categorical syllogistic. Theophrastus was the first person in the history of logic known to have examined the logic of propositions seriously.
