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
“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
In 1927, he started calling himself “Dr. Theophrastus Seuss” as a joke, and then, the next year, made it simply, Dr. Seuss.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 2, 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
The first, according to Theophrastus, was found on a part of Mount Œta called Pyra, on which the body of Hercules was burnt.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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