{"product_id":"theophrastus-characters-sonia-pertsinidis-9781138244436","title":"Theophrastus' Characters: A New Introduction","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book presents an introduction to the \u003ci\u003eCharacters\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of thirty amusing descriptions of character types who lived in Athens in the fourth century BCE. The author of the work, Theophrastus, was Aristotle's colleague, his immediate successor and head of his philosophical school for thirty-five years. Pertsinidis' lively, original and scholarly monograph introduces Theophrastus as a Greek philosopher. It also outlines the remarkable influence of the \u003ci\u003eCharacters\u003c\/i\u003e as a literary work and provides a detailed discussion of the work's purpose and its connection with comedy, ethics and rhetoric. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonia Pertsinidis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138244430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138244436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Sonia Pertsinidis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44410571686143,"sku":"9781138244436","price":79.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a63bc015-8029-485e-a1ad-66ce32477270.jpg?v=1697536805","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theophrastus-characters-sonia-pertsinidis-9781138244436","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}