Theophrastus of Eresus. Sources on ethics
Fortenbaugh, William W | Gutas, Dimitri | Huby, Pamela M | Sharples, R. W | Theophrastus 2011 Brill eBook titles 2011 ( Serie ) Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill 9789004194236 | BRILL9789004194236 AbstractInterest in Theophrastus, Aristotle's pupil and successor as head of the Peripatetic School, has increased considerably since the 1992 publication of Theophastus of Eresus: Sources for his Life, Works, Thought and Life. Now comes an extensive commentary on the ethical sources. It considers Theophrastus in relation to Aristotle, to other members of the Peripatos and to the Stoic philosophers who became Theophrastus' rivals. Special attention is given to Theophrastus' insistence that virtue by itself cannot guarantee happiness. Also to the difference between manners and moral virtue, the relation between innate character and fate, the value of marriage and how animal behavior relates to that of human beings.