The Characters Of Theophrastus - Theophrastus
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NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The Characters Of Theophrastus: A Translation, With Introduction By Charles E. Bennett And William A. Hammond This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich…mehr

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NEW PRINT WITH PROFESSIONAL TYPE-SET IN CONTRAST TO SCANNED PRINTS OFFERED BY OTHERS The Characters Of Theophrastus: A Translation, With Introduction By Charles E. Bennett And William A. Hammond This book is a result of an effort made by us towards making a contribution to the preservation and repair of original classic literature. In an attempt to preserve, improve and recreate the original content, we have worked towards: 1. Type-setting & Reformatting: The complete work has been re-designed via professional layout, formatting and type-setting tools to re-create the same edition with rich typography, graphics, high quality images, and table elements, giving our readers the feel of holding a 'fresh and newly' reprinted and/or revised edition, as opposed to other scanned & printed (Optical Character Recognition - OCR) reproductions. 2. Correction of imperfections: As the work was re-created from the scratch, therefore, it was vetted to rectify certain conventional norms with regard to typographical mistakes, hyphenations, punctuations, blurred images, missing content/pages, and/or other related subject matters, upon our consideration. Every attempt was made to rectify the imperfections related to omitted constructs in the original edition via other references. However, a few of such imperfections which could not be rectified due to intentional\unintentional omission of content in the original edition, were inherited and preserved from the original work to maintain the authenticity and construct, relevant to the work. We believe that this work holds historical, cultural and/or intellectual importance in the literary works community, therefore despite the oddities, we accounted the work for print as a part of our continuing effort towards preservation of literary work and our contribution towards the development of the society as a whole, driven by our beliefs. We are grateful to our readers for putting their faith in us and accepting our imperfections with regard to preservation of the historical content. HAPPY READING!
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Theophrastus, born around 371 BCE in Eresos, Lesbos, was an ancient Greek philosopher and successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. As a prolific author, he significantly contributed to the disciplines of botany, ethics, physics, and metaphysics, among others. His most celebrated work, 'The Characters of Theophrastus', remains an insightful exploration of human behavior and social types (Theophrastus, 1870). This collection of 30 brief, yet profound, character sketches provides valuable observations of the foibles and virtues observed in everyday life, demonstrating Theophrastus's keen eye for the subtleties of human personality and behavior, thereby cementing his place in the annals of literature as the 'father of character writing' (Fortenbaugh & Gutas, 1992). His writing style in 'The Characters' is marked by its clarity, precision, and use of lexis suitable for capturing the idiosyncrasies of the individuals he describes. Theophrastus's influence extended beyond his own era, with his work being studied and admired during the Renaissance and contributing to the development of character literature in the 17th century. His contributions to various fields and his unique approach to studying human nature through literary sketches have secured Theophrastus a lasting legacy in the pantheon of classical literature (Diggle, 2004).