Doksografiya (from other Greek δ --ξα - “opinion, presentation”, and γρᾰφή - “recording, presentation”) - a statement of the opinions and views of ancient philosophers and scientists in the works of later authors. The term was introduced by German classical philologist Hermann Diels .
Due to the fact that many works of ancient scholars have been lost, their doxography is the only source of knowledge about the views of these authors.
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Greek classical doxography
Information about many works of ancient scholars is currently available only through their doxograms. The greatest philosophers of antiquity - Plato and Aristotle - also acted as doxographers. In particular, Plato’s “ Apology of Socrates ” describes the views of the founder of the Athenian philosophical school, Anaxagoras . “Comparative biographies” of Plutarch also contain a lot of doxographic material. A large doxographic material contains the famous work of Diogen Laertsky "On the life, teachings and sayings of famous philosophers."
Islamic doxography
Islamic doxography refers to a collection of theosophical works (such as the Kitab al-Malakat f'l-Kalam by Abu Mansur al-Maturidi ) on trends and sects in Islam .
In modern philosophy
The concept of "doxography" refers Richard Rorty , critically considering the philosophical historiography . According to Rorty, doxography is an anachronistic decontextualization of the philosophical statements of antiquity in the search for one or another topical subject.
Literature
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- Afonasin E.V. Doxography of Pythagoreanism and Neo-Pythagorean Tradition // Scholae. Philosophical antiquity and classical tradition. 2009. Vol. 3. No. 1. P. 9-65.
- Zhmud L. Ya. Doxography in its connection with other genres of ancient historiography of philosophy // Historical and Philosophical Yearbook'2011. M., 2012. - P.5-39.- ISBN 978-5-88373-345-0
- Zhmud L. Ya. Rewriting Doxography: Herman Diels and His Critics // Historical and Philosophical Yearbook 2002. M., 2003. P.5-34.
- Matusova E.D. Philo of Alexandria and Greek doxography. // Bulletin of ancient history. 2001. № 1. - p.40-52.
- Shock N.P. Doxography of Tertullian and its significance for the history of natural science. Part II // Tomsk State University Bulletin. Story. 2014. № 1 (27). Pp. 94-97.
- Losev A.F. Diogenes Laertius - historian of ancient philosophy. M., 1981.-192 p.
- David T. Runia: Doxographie. In: Der Neue Pauly, Band 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , Sp. 803–806
- Diels, H., 1879, Doxographi Graeci, Berlin: Weidmann.