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'''Doxography''' (δόξα - "''an opinion, a point of view''" + γράφειν - "''to write, to describe''") is a term used especially for the works of [[classical antiquity|classical]] historians, describing the points of view of past [[Philosophy|philosophers]] and [[Science|scientists]]. The term was coined by the German classical scholar [[Hermann Alexander Diels]].
== Classic Greek philosophy ==
A great many philosophical works have been lost; our limited knowledge of such lost works comes chiefly through the doxographical works of later philosophers, commentators, and biographers. Philosophers such as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] also act as doxographers, as their comments on the ideas of their predecessors indirectly tell us what their predecessors' beliefs were. Plato's ''[[Apology (Plato)|Defense of Socrates]]'', for example, tells us much of what we know about the natural philosophy of [[Anaxagoras]].
== Islamic doxography ==
Islamic doxography is an aggregate of theosophical works (like ''[[Kitab al-Maqalat]]'' by [[Abu Mansur Al Maturidi]]) concerning the aberrations in Islamic sects and streams.
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'''Doxography''' (δόξα - "''an opinion, a point of view''" + γράφειν - "''to write, to describe''") is a term used especially for the works of [[classical antiquity|classical]] historians, describing the points of view of past [[Philosophy|philosophers]] and [[Science|scientists]]. The term was coined by the German classical scholar [[Hermann Alexander Diels]].
== Classic Greek philosophy ==
A great many philosophical works have been lost; our limited knowledge of such lost works comes chiefly through the doxographical works of later philosophers, commentators, and biographers. Philosophers such as [[Plato]] and [[Aristotle]] also act as doxographers, as their comments on the ideas of their predecessors indirectly tell us what their predecessors' beliefs were. Plato's ''[[Apology (Plato)|Defense of Socrates]]'', for example, tells us much of what we know about the natural philosophy of [[Anaxagoras]].
== Islamic doxography ==
Islamic doxography is an aggregate of theosophical works (like ''[[Kitab al-Maqalat]]'' by [[Abu Mansur Al Maturidi]]) concerning the aberrations in Islamic sects and streams.
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