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Doxography

Doxography (Greek: δόξα – "an opinion", "a point of view" + γράφειν – "to write", "to describe") is a term used especially for the works of classical historians, describing the points of view of past philosophers and scientists. The term was coined by the German classical scholar Hermann Alexander Diels.

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Doxography

Nodes61
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Triples15
Avg. degree1.97
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related to Jain doxography · 7
Doxography → CE, Haribhadra, He, Indian, It, Jain, This
related to Islamic doxography · 4
Doxography → Abu Mansur Al Maturidi, Islamic, Kitab, Maqalat
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Doxography → aggregate of theosophical works

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philosophers works classical greek successions term philosophy persian century write alexander diels jain islamic also aristotle stoics epicureans historians scientists

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Doxographyis aaggregate of theosophical works0.90text
Platoinstance ofDe OfficiisAetius - Vetusta PlacitaClement of Alexandria - StromataDiogenes Laertius - Lives and Opinions of Eminent PhilosophersHippolytus of Rome - Refutation of All HeresiesP…0.80text
Aristotle also act as doxographersinstance ofDe OfficiisAetius - Vetusta PlacitaClement of Alexandria - StromataDiogenes Laertius - Lives and Opinions of Eminent PhilosophersHippolytus of Rome - Refutation of All HeresiesP…0.80text
as their comments on the ideas of their predecessors indirectly tell us what their predecessors' beliefs wereinstance ofDe OfficiisAetius - Vetusta PlacitaClement of Alexandria - StromataDiogenes Laertius - Lives and Opinions of Eminent PhilosophersHippolytus of Rome - Refutation of All HeresiesP…0.80text
Doxographyrelated to Islamic doxographyIslamic0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Islamic doxographyKitab0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Islamic doxographyMaqalat0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Islamic doxographyAbu Mansur Al Maturidi0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Jain doxographyHaribhadra0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Jain doxographyCE0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Jain doxographyHe0.60section
Doxographyrelated to Jain doxographyThis0.60section

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