THEOPHRASTUS OF ERESUS IN LESBOS
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A Greek philosopher; became the head of the Peripatetic school after the death of its founder Aristotle, presiding over it for 35 years (322-287 B. C.). His treatises on "Practical Botany", in nine books, and "The oretical Botany", in six books, are still extant; besides fragments of works on mineralogy, on the senses, and on metaphysics. The work by which he is best known is his treatise called "Characters".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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