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Theophrastus, I, Enquiry into Plants, I: Books 1-5 (Loeb Classical Library)

Description: Theophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos, born about 370 BCE, is the author of the most important botanical works that have survived from classical antiquity. He was in turn student, collaborator, and successor of Aristotle. Like his predecessor he was interested in all aspects of human knowledge and experience, especially natural science. His writings on plants form a counterpart to Aristotle's zoological works. In the Enquiry into Plants Theophrastus classifies and describes varieties—covering trees, plants of particular regions, shrubs, herbaceous plants, and cereals; in the last of the nine books he focuses on plant juices and ... (more)
Manufacturer: Harvard University Press
Release date: 1 January 1916
ISBN-10 : 0674990773 | ISBN-13: 9780674990777
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