Enquiry into Plants, Volume II (häftad)
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Format
Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Serie
Loeb Classical Library (del 79)
Utgivningsdatum
1916-01-01
Förlag
Harvard University Press
Översättare
Arthur F Hort
Originalspråk
Klassisk grekiska
Dimensioner
171 x 116 x 25 mm
Vikt
327 g
ISBN
9780674990883

Enquiry into Plants, Volume II

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av Theophrastus
Inbunden,  Engelska, 1916-01-01
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The first fruits of Greek botany. Theophrastus of Eresus in Lesbos, born about 370 BC, 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 medicinal properties of herbs. This edition is in two volumes; the second contains two additional treatises, On Odours and Weather Signs. In De causis plantarum Theophrastus turns to plant physiology. Books 1 and 2 are concerned with generation, sprouting, flowering and fruiting, and the effects of climate. In Books 3 and 4 Theophrastus studies cultivation and agricultural methods. In Books 5 and 6 he discusses plant breeding; diseases and other causes of death; and distinctive flavors and odors. The Loeb Classical Library edition is in three volumes. Theophrastus' celebrated Characters is of a quite different nature. This collection of descriptive sketches is the earliest known character-writing and a striking reflection of contemporary life.

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Sir Arthur Fenton Hort (1864-1935) was a botanist and Master at Harrow School.

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