Феофраст. Характеры

The attention of the reader is offered "Characters", the most famous of the works of the ancient Greek philosopher Theophrastus, the disciple and successor of Aristotle, that have come down to us. This little book, which has survived the centuries, contains a description of the psychological types of people, which is as relevant for modern psychologists and sociologists as Aristotle's Poetics is for philologists, Plato's Dialogues for philosophers. The subtle and witty sketches of human types created by Theophrastus (flatterer, chatterbox, gossip, coward, supporter of the oligarchy, swindler, etc.) merge into the picture of the everyday life of Athens in the era of Alexander the Great with its petty deeds, gossip, gossip and political passions, indicating that that nothing is new under the sun.