Linked from

The 27 pages that link to Theophrastus, each with the reason it gives.

• Plant taxonomyRelated: His plant classifications are among the earliest sustained works in botanical history.

• AristotelianismRelated: His leadership and writings carried Aristotelian inquiry beyond Aristotle’s lifetime.

• BerryRelated: His botanical writings are among the earliest foundations of plant description and classification.

• ParthenocarpyRelated: His accounts include early observations of fruits developing without seeds.

• AphorismRelated: His Characters helped make concise observations of human behavior a literary mode.

• BotanyRelated: His plant writings established an early tradition of organized botanical study.

• History of geologyRelated: His treatises preserved some of the earliest organized descriptions of geological materials.

• LyceumRelated: His leadership carried the school forward after Aristotle’s death.

• AnaximanderRelated: Much of the testimony about Anaximander’s doctrines ultimately depends on Theophrastus.

• Aristotle's biologyRelated: His botanical writings extended the school’s investigation from animals to plants.

• LapidaryRelated: His treatise is the earliest surviving systematic account of stones and a source for later lapidaries.

• HerbalRelated: His work studied plant form and growth, offering a botanical counterpart to medicinal herbals.

• Isaac CasaubonRelated: Casaubon’s edition of Theophrastus’s Characters became a major work of classical scholarship.

• Anaximenes of MiletusRelated: His lost account of early Greek thinkers is a major source for reports about Anaximenes.

• History of botanyRelated: His plant descriptions and classifications helped establish botany as a distinct inquiry.

• Earth (classical element)Related: His works preserved and extended Peripatetic natural philosophy.

• Ficus sycomorusRelated: His accounts include observations of the sycamore fig and its cultivation.

• Jean de La BruyèreRelated: La Bruyère translated Theophrastus and used his portraits as a model.

• History of mineralogyRelated: His treatise On Stones is among the earliest substantial works devoted to mineral substances.

• School of AbderaRelated: His historical reports helped transmit ancient discussions of Democritus and atomist theories.

• White leadRelated: His writings record an early description of preparing white lead.