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Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources for His Life, Writings Thought, and Influence: Commentary, Volume 5: Sources on Biology (Human Physiology, Living Creatures, Botany: Texts 328-435)

Book information

Publisher
E.J. Brill
Year
1995
ISBN
9004101748, 9789004101746
ISSN
0079-1687
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23104777 bytes)
Series
Philosophia antiqua 64
Pages
xvi+276\296
DPI
300
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2016-08-04 18:31:38

Description

This is the first to appear of the projected volumes of commentary to accompany the texts and translations on Theophrastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Writings, Thought and Influence, edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh and others ("FHSG" (Philosophia Antiqua 54); Leiden, Brill, 1992).It covers the ancient secondary evidence for Theophrastus' views on physiology, zoology and botany; the transmission, reliability and doctrinal content of the reports in the text-and-translation volume are all discussed in detail, and general overviews are provided.The commentary is an indispensable accompaniment to the text-and-translation volume, and the two together will be an important resource for students of the history of the biological sciences in antiquity.

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