Theophrastus of Eresus. : sources for his life, writings, thought, and influence / / Commentary, volume 3.1, : Sources on physics (texts 137-223) : / by R.W. Sharples ; with contributions on the Arabic material by Dimitri Gutas.

• Superior document: Philosophia antiqua, v. 79
• Author: Sharples, R. W.
• TeilnehmendeR: Theophrastus.; Gutas, Dimitri.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden [Netherlands] ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1998.
• Year of Publication: 1998
• Language: English
• Series: Philosophia Antiqua 79.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 pages)
• Other title: Preliminary material /; TITLES OF BOOKS /; WRITINGS /; PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL SCIENCE /; PLACE /; TIME /; MOTION AND CHANGE /; HEAVENLY REGION /; SUBLUNARY REGION: ELEMENTS AND PRINCIPLES /; THE ETERNITY OF THE UNIVERSE /; METEOROLOGY /; EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES /; METALS /; STONES /; WATERS /; SALT AND SODA /; AFTERWORD /; BIBLIOGRAPHY /; PRINCIPAL TERMS: GREEK /; PRINCIPAL TERMS: LATIN /; PRINCIPAL TERMS: ARABIC /; TITLES OF ANCIENT WORKS (OTHER THAN THOSE BY THEOPHRASTUS) REFERRED TO IN THE TEXTS /; PERSONS AND PLACES REFERRED TO IN THE TEXTS /; TEXTS DISCUSSED OR CITED /; PERSONS (ANCIENT) /; GENERAL SUBJECT INDEX /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-242) and indexes.
• ISBN: 9004321047
• ISSN: 0079-1687
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: by R.W. Sharples ; with contributions on the Arabic material by Dimitri Gutas.

This volume forms part of the large international Theophrastus project started by Brill in 1992 and edited by W.W. Fortenbaugh, R.W. Sharples and D. Gutas . Together with volumes comprising the texts and translations, the commentary volumes provide a new generation of classicists with an up-to-date collection of the fragments and testimonia relating to Theophrastus (c. 370-288/5 B.C), Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Lyceum. In the present volume, the focus is on natural philosophy, apart from the study of living things. Topics covered include the principles of scientific enquiry, place, time, motion, the heavens, the sublunary world, meteorology and the study of materials.