Theophrastus
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There goes the ancient philosopher Theophrastus with his taxonomy of social types; there goes the caricaturist William Hogarth, who believed the face to be “the index of the mind.”
From New York Times ● Jul. 7, 2020
His childhood stuffed dog named Theophrastus rests on the couch.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 19, 2017
“The Unscrupulous Man,” Theophrastus laments, “will go and borrow more money from a creditor he has never paid …” as if we haven’t heard that one before, Bernie Madoff.
From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2012
It was in this building that Theophrastus von Hohenheim -- a Renaissance alchemist, astrologer and physician more commonly known as Paracelsus -- pioneered the use of chemicals in medicine.
From Reuters ● Sep. 15, 2011
In George Eliot's Theophrastus Such, one finds explicit mention of the trouble that had been caused to her by two of these: "With all possible study of myself," she says in the first chapter ...
From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Lanier, Sidney
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