Theophrastus (/ˌθəˈfræstəs/; Greek: Θεόφραστος; c. 371 – c. 287 BC[1]), a Greek native o Eresos in Lesbos, wis the successor tae Aristotle in the Peripatetic schuil.

Statue o Theophrastus, Orto botanico di Palermo
Historia plantarum, 1549

References eedit

  1. Tiziano Dorandi, Chapter 2: Chronology, in Algra et al. (1999), The Cambridge History of Hellenistic Philosophy, pp. 52–3. Cambridge.