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William W Fortenbaugh
William Fortenbaugh, Ph.D. (1964) in Classics, University of Pennsylvania is Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University. He is the author of Aristotle on Emotion, an edition of Theophrastus' work On Sweat…
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This series in the field of classics grew out of Project Theophrastus, an international undertaking whose goal is to collect, edit, and comment on the fragments of Theophrastus, Greek philosopher…
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The present book focuses on a twenty-eight foot wooden Catboot called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats unique to Bornegat Boy in New Jersey. The class originated in…
Each paper explores the influences on different parts of Peripatetic rhetoric, its discussion of character, emotion, reason, and style, its relationships with other texts, including those of Theodectes and the…
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This volume features a unique epitome of Aristotelian practical philosophy. It is often attributed to Arius Didymus who composed a survey of Peripatetic on three areas: ethics, household management, and…
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The present book focuses on a twenty-eight-foot wooden Catboat called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats unique to Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. The class originated in 1922…
Eudemus of Rhodes was a pupil of Aristotle in the second half of the fourth century BCE
This text focusses on the central issue of how Aristotle conceived of emotional response. Among other matters, it considers laughter, emotion in relation to belief and appearance, the effect of…
This book tells of a wooden catboat, called Ghost, which is 28 feet long and carries a 47 foot mast. The author collaborates with the builders at Beaton’s Boat Yard…
The present book focuses on a twenty-eight foot wooden
Catboot called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats
unique to Bornegat Boy in New Jersey. The class
originated in…
The present book focuses on a twenty-eight foot wooden Catboat called Ghost. She belongs to a class of boats unique to Barnegat Bay in New Jersey. The class originated in…
Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle’s successor as head of the Peripatetic School. He is best known for a humorous collection of character sketches, but his importance in antiquity and for…
William W. Fortenbaugh,Dimitri Gutas
This volume concerns Aristotle’s pupil Theophrastus. It focuses on his interest in cultural history, including discoveries and inventions that transformed the way people live. It also deals with proverbs containing…
Elizabeth Pender
Heraclides of Pontus hailed from the shores of the Black Sea
Demetrius of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman, he became the advisor of Ptolemy. He is said to have been in charge of legislation and he probably influenced the founding of the…
Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle’s pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School
The volume contains new editions of two brief scientific essays-On Fish and Afeteoro/o^y-accompanied by translations and commentary.
Volume 13 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle
As a young man he studied philosophy in Greece; throughout his life he maintained a keen interest in intellectual history; and during periods of political inactivity - especially in his…
Demetrius of Phalerum (c. 355-280BCE) of Phalerum was a philosopher-statesman. He studied in the Peripatos under Theophrastus and subsequently used his political influence to help his teacher acquire property for…
This tenth volume in the series Rutgers Studies in Classical Humanities includes a facing translation of the Greek and Latin texts, making the material accessible to readers who lack the…
A study of Dicaearchus of Messana, a peripatetic philosopher who, like Theophrastus of Eresus, was a pupil of Aristotle. His interest in good and bad lifestyles found expression in works…
William Fortenbaugh
Providing the only full-length study of the compendium of Greek philosophy attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus, this volume elucidates Stoic and Peripatetic ethics…
Contents: Stephen White: Opuscula and Opera in the Catalogue of Theophrastus’ Works Han Baltussen: Theophrastean Echoes? The De Sensibus in the Platonic and Aristotelian Tradition Pamela M. Huby: Arabic Evidence…
Volume 16 of Transaction’s acclaimed Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities series, continues the work of Project Theophrastus on the School of Aristotle
