ABSTRACT
Theophrastus of Eresus held the same opinions as Aristotle. Strato of Lampsacus said that the hot substance was the cause of all things. He said that the parts of the world are infinite and that every living creature is capable of possessing intellect. Praxiphanes of Rhodes held the same opinions as Theophrastus. Critolaus of Phaselus held the same opinions as Aristotle. Praxiphanes was Theophrastus' pupil; it is therefore entirely natural to say that Praxiphanes thought the same as Theophrastus, even if it follows that he thought the same as Aristotle as well. Admittedly, even if the views attributed to Aristotle, with which Theophrastus is said by Epiphanius to have agreed, did happen to correspond with Theophrastus' views know from elsewhere, that might be by accident. And even if Epiphanius got Theophrastus right by accident, there is no reason to suppose he need have been lucky in the case of Praxiphanes as well.
