Theophrastus De sensu et sensibilibus
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Theophrastus

De sensu et sensibilibus

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Theophrastus' treatise on sense-perception, reviewing and critiquing the theories of his predecessors. He examines how earlier philosophers — from Empedocles to Democritus to Plato — explained sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, finding fault with each account.

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