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Theophrastus

371 BC - 287 BC

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Theophrastus (; Ancient Greek: Θεόφραστος, romanized: Theophrastos, lit. 'godly phrased'; c. 371 – c. 287 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and naturalist. A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy in Athens. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theophrastus is the 85th most popular philosopher (up from 88th in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Greece (up from 45th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Greek Philosopher.

Theophrastus was a Greek philosopher and naturalist who is most famous for his book Enquiry into Plants, which was the first systematic study of plants.

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Among philosophers, Theophrastus ranks 85 out of 1,267. Before him are Gregory of Nazianzus, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, Karl Jaspers, Roland Barthes, Herbert Spencer, and Ludwig Feuerbach. After him are Porphyry, Athanasius of Alexandria, Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Jürgen Habermas, and Mencius.

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Among people born in 371 BC, Theophrastus ranks 1. After him are Phryne, and Marcus Valerius Corvus. Among people deceased in 287 BC, Theophrastus ranks 1. After him are Antipater II of Macedon, and Phila.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Theophrastus ranks 42 out of 1,024. Before him are Themistocles (-524), Ptolemy I Soter (-367), Cleisthenes (-565), Lycurgus of Sparta (-800), Leonidas I (-540), and Peisistratos (-600). After him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha (1493), Miltiades (-540), Aristarchus of Samos (-311), Pope Sixtus II (215), Alcibiades (-450), and Pyrrhus of Epirus (-318).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Greece

Among philosophers born in Greece, Theophrastus ranks 10. Before him are Pythagoras (-570), Democritus (-460), Epicurus (-341), Plutarch (46), Protagoras (-486), and Gorgias (-483). After him are Apollodorus of Athens (-180), Antisthenes (-445), Pyrrho (-365), Isocrates (-436), Clement of Alexandria (150), and Melissus of Samos (-470).

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