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| + | '''Sotion''' ({{lang-el|Σωτίων}}) of [[Alexandria]] (fl. c. 200 BC – 170 BC) was a Greek [[doxographer]] and biographer, and an important source for [[Diogenes Laërtius]]. None of his works survive; they are known only indirectly. His principal work, the Διαδοχή or Διαδοχαί (the ''[[Successions of Philosophers|Successions]]''), was one of the first history books to have organized philosophers into schools of successive influence: e.g., the so-called [[Ionian School (philosophy)|Ionian School]] of [[Thales]], [[Anaximander]] and [[Anaximenes]]. It is quoted very frequently by [[Diogenes Laërtius]], Sotion's ''Successions'' likely consisted of 23 books, and at least partly drew on the doxography of [[Theophrastus]]. The ''Successions'' was influential enough to be abridged by [[Heraclides Lembus]] in the mid-2nd century BC, and works by the same title were subsequently written by [[Sosicrates|Sosicrates of Rhodes]] and [[Antisthenes of Rhodes]]. | ||
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| + | He was also, apparently, the author of a work, ''On [[Timon of Phlius|Timon]]'s Silloi'', and of a work entitled ''Refutations of Diocles''. | ||
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Sotion (Template:Lang-el) of Alexandria (fl. c. 200 BC – 170 BC) was a Greek doxographer and biographer, and an important source for Diogenes Laërtius. None of his works survive; they are known only indirectly. His principal work, the Διαδοχή or Διαδοχαί (the Successions), was one of the first history books to have organized philosophers into schools of successive influence: e.g., the so-called Ionian School of Thales, Anaximander and Anaximenes. It is quoted very frequently by Diogenes Laërtius, Sotion's Successions likely consisted of 23 books, and at least partly drew on the doxography of Theophrastus. The Successions was influential enough to be abridged by Heraclides Lembus in the mid-2nd century BC, and works by the same title were subsequently written by Sosicrates of Rhodes and Antisthenes of Rhodes.
He was also, apparently, the author of a work, On Timon's Silloi, and of a work entitled Refutations of Diocles.
