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, and Athenaeus. Sotion's Successions likely consisted of 23 books, and at least partly drew on the doxography of Theophrastus.
Sotion's primary work, the Διαδοχή or ΔιαδοCHAí (the Successions), was a groundbreaking history book that categorized philosophers into successive schools of thought: for example, the Ionian School of Thales, Anaximander, and Anaximenes. This work is often quoted by Diogenes Laërtius and Athenaeus. Sotion's Successions likely consisted of 23 books, drawing on Theophrastus' doxography.