Some of the opinions of these physicians are found in the fragments preserved by Galen, Oribasius, Aëtius, etc.
It seems to have been founded by Agathinus of Sparta, the pupil of Athenaeus, and the master of Archigenes, towards the end of the 1st century AD.
The only other ancient physician who is mention as having belonged to this sect is Leonides of Alexandria, who may have lived in the 3rd century.
In modern Tibetan Buddhism, the Eclectic school (Ris-med) referred to a movement that seeks to combine the religious and philosophical systems of different lineages in order to develop the best teachings of the whole tradition.
It has a syncretic character, open to syntheses with classical greek and Western thought.