Theophrastus at The Palace of Versailles, France

Theophrastus (c. 371 – c. 287 BC[1]), a Greek native of Eresos in Lesbos, was the successor to Aristotle in the Peripatetic school. He came to Athens at a young age and initially studied in Plato's school. After Plato's death, he attached himself to Aristotle. Aristotle bequeathed to Theophrastus his writings and designated him as his successor at the Lyceum. Theophrastus presided over the Peripatetic school for thirty-six years, during which time the school flourished greatly. He is often considered the father of botany for his works on plants. After his death, the Athenians honoured him with a public funeral. His successor as head of the school was Strato of Lampsacus. The interests of Theophrastus were wide ranging, extending frombiology and physics to ethics and metaphysics. His two survivingbotanical works, Enquiry into Plants (Historia Plantarum) and On the Causes of Plants, were an important influence on Renaissancescience. There are also surviving works On Moral Characters, On Sensation, On Stones, and fragments on Physics and Metaphysics. In philosophy, he studied grammar and language and continued Aristotle's work on logic. He also regarded space as the mere arrangement and position of bodies, time as an accident of motion, and motion as a necessary consequence of all activity. In ethics, he regarded happiness as depending on external influences as well as on virtue and famously said that life is ruled by fortune, not wisdom. This object is part of Scan The World. Scan the World is a non-profit initiative introduced by MyMiniFactory, through which we are creating a digital archive of fully 3D printable sculptures, artworks and landmarks from across the globe for the public to access for free. Scan the World is an open source, community effort, if you have interesting items around you and would like to contribute, email [e-mail] to find out how you can help.泰奥弗拉斯托斯（Theophrastus，约公元前371年—约公元前287年[1]）是莱斯博斯岛埃雷索斯的希腊人，为亚里士多德之后逍遥学派（Peripatetic school）的继任领袖。他年少时前往雅典，最初就读于柏拉图学园。柏拉图逝世后，他追随亚里士多德。亚里士多德将自己的著作遗赠给泰奥弗拉斯托斯，并指定他为吕克昂学园（Lyceum）的继任主持者。泰奥弗拉斯托斯执掌逍遥学派长达36年，此间学派发展极为兴盛。他因在植物学领域的深耕，常被奉为植物学之父。逝世后，雅典人为他举行了公葬。该学派的下一任主持者是兰普萨库斯的斯特拉托（Strato of Lampsacus）。 泰奥弗拉斯托斯的研究范畴极为广博，涵盖生物学、物理学、伦理学与形而上学。他现存的两部植物学著作《植物研究》（Enquiry into Plants / Historia Plantarum）与《植物成因》（On the Causes of Plants），对文艺复兴时期的科学发展产生了深远影响。此外，他还留存有《品格论》（On Moral Characters）、《论感觉》（On Sensation）、《论石头》（On Stones），以及《物理学》与《形而上学》的残篇。在哲学领域，他研究语法与语言学，并延续了亚里士多德的逻辑学研究脉络。他还提出：空间仅是物体的排布与位置关系，时间是运动的偶性，而运动是一切活动的必然结果。在伦理学方面，他认为幸福既依赖于德性也受外在因素影响，并留下广为人知的论断：人生由命运而非智慧主宰。 本展品隶属于“扫描世界”（Scan The World）项目。“扫描世界”是MyMiniFactory推出的非营利性倡议项目，旨在打造全球范围内可3D打印的雕塑、艺术品与地标建筑的数字档案库，供公众免费获取使用。该项目是一项开源的社区共建行动，若您身边有可贡献的有趣藏品，可发送邮件至[e-mail]了解参与方式。