The Downside of Doxography

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The immense importance of doxographical materials for our knowledge of the Presocratic philosophers (and some later philosophers also) is unquestioned, but the nature and content of these materials, in cases where they are the only information we possess, impose severe limitations on our ability to pursue the history of philosophy in a satisfactory manner. Thales is the best example of this. We have none of Thalesâs original words and neither did the authors of the testimonia we possess. From this point of view they were in the same position as we are with regard to determining Thalesâ own original views, making our task as historians doubly difficult.

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AÃ«tiana IV

Papers of the Melbourne Colloquium on Ancient Doxography

ä¸ç¼ï¼ Philosophia Antiqua, å·ï¼ 148

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