The Characters of Theophrastus

Theophrastus, born around 371 BCE in Eresos, Lesbos, was an ancient Greek philosopher and successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. As a prolific author, he significantly contributed to the disciplines of botany, ethics, physics, and metaphysics, among others. His most celebrated work, 'The Characters of Theophrastus', remains an insightful exploration of human behavior and social types (T...