Isidore became well known in his lifetime as a scholar .
The classical encyclopedists had already introduced alphabetic ordering of topics , and a literary rather than observational approach to knowledge : Isidore followed those traditions .
Isidore became well known in Isidore 's lifetime as a scholar .
The classical encyclopedists had already introduced alphabetic ordering of topics , and a literary rather than observational approach to knowledge : Isidore followed those traditions .