Status
Available
Call number
Collection
Publication
Rīga : Minerva, 1995
Description
This publication includes the translation of the Characters of Theophrastus, with an introduction and footnotes, following the recent edition and commentary by J. Diggle. In the introduction, after a short information about the author and his intellectual activity, the different literary genres are considered that left their influence on this production by Theophrastus: the ethic thought of Aristotle, contemporary rhetoric and New Comedy. The study is complemented with an actualized bibliography.
User reviews
LibraryThing member SteveJohnson
Includes sketches of various facial types which Theophrastus believed had some relation to character.
LibraryThing member JVioland
Thirty depictions of moral types, so man can categorize man according to physiognomy. Don't bother. Theophrastus was an Athenian philosopher who was bequeathed by Aristotle his works. The Characters hardly reads like it could come from a man of such intelligence and there is doubt as to its
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Language
Original language
Greek (Ancient)
Physical description
211 p.; 19 cm
Pages
211
ISBN
9984902161 / 9789984902166
Local notes
Scriptorum classicorum bibliotheca Rigensis ; 1