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Theophrastus (Theophrastos) of Lesbos, c. 372 BC - c. 287 BC. Pupil of Aristotle and leading member of the Peripatetic school after Aristotle's death. He is best remembered today as an early botanist.

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• History of Vegetarianism: Theophrastus

  http://www.ivu.org/history/greece_rome/theophrastus.html
  Some excerpts from published works discussing the role of Theophrastus in the historical development of vegetarianism.

• Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Theophrastus

  http://www.iep.utm.edu/theophra/
  Concise article on this follower of Aristotle.

• Theophrastus

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theophrastus
  Article from the Wikipedia openly-edited encyclopedia, adopted from an article in the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica.

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