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Theophrastus

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The·o·phras·tus  (th-frsts) 371?-287? b.c.
Greek philosopher who succeeded Aristotle as leader of the Peripatetics and refined the work of Aristotle in botany and other natural sciences, logic and metaphysics.
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Noun1.Theophrastus - Greek philosopher who was a student of Aristotle and who succeeded Aristotle as the leader of the Peripatetics (371-287 BC)
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Raoul, opening his large eyes, like the absent man in Theophrastus, made no answer, but his sadness increased two shades.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Every one knows and sings his two stanzas 'To Celia'--'Drink to me only with thine eyes,' which would still be famous without the exquisitely appropriate music that has come down to us from Jonson's own time, and which are no less beautiful because they consist largely of ideas culled from the Greek philosopher Theophrastus.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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