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 emotio
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, Ari
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 prove
Commenting on recently collected sources for Theophrastus' ethical views, this work relates Theophrastean doctrine to that of Aristotle and the rival Stoics. The focus is on topics like virtue and hap
Developed on the inpatient oncology unit at Pennsylvania Hospital, these 23 case studies walk through the care of cancer patients at risk for developing anemia, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, hypercal
Cicero is best known for his political speeches. His Catilinarian orations are regularly studied in third or fourth year Latin; his self-proclaimed role as savior of the Republic is much discussed in
Volume 16 of Transaction's acclaimed Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities series, continues the work of Project. Theophrastus on the School of Aristotle. The subject of this volume is St
Volume 13 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. Volume 9 featured Demetrius of Phalerum, Volume 10, Dicaearchus of Messana, Volume 11, Eudemus of Rhodes, and Vol
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: Arab
This volume presents the writings in Greek and Latin of philosopher Dicaearchus, who was a pupil of Aristotle, along with facing page English translations. The volume also contains 11 essays (includin
Theophrastus of Eresus was Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School. He is best known as the author of the amusing Characters and two ground-breaking works in botany, but his
Volume 12 in the RUSCH series continues work already begun on the School of Aristotle. It focuses on two Peripatetic philosophers who lived in the third century BCE, when Stoicism and Epicureanism flo
Three treatises on human physiology by Artistotle's pupil Theophrastus are newly edited and translated. A commentary accompanies each treatise, as do indices of words and subjects. Thre treatises rela
Collects fragments from the writings of Cicero, Plutarch, and others that relate to the philosopher-statesmen of the Hellenic age. The material is organized by subject. The English translations and th
The third of five volumes devoted to Theophrastus' colleagues, pupils, and successors, the Peripatetic philosophers, differs from the rest by containing no ancient sources with translations. Many of