| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Theophrastus |
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| SYLLABICATION: | The·o·phras·tus |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  th   -fr s ts |
| DATES: | 371?–287? b.c. |
| Greek philosopher who succeeded Aristotle as leader of the Peripatetics and refined the work of Aristotle in the natural sciences, logic and metaphysics.
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