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Immanuel Kant
German philosopher (1724–1804) of the Enlightenment
Influenced 78
Influenced by 14
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher (1788–1860)
Influenced 28
Influenced by 6
Honoré de Balzac
French novelist and playwright (1799–1850)
Influenced 26
Influenced by 2
H. P. Lovecraft
American author (1890–1937)
Influenced 20
Influenced by 4
Blaise Pascal
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623–1662)
Influenced 17
Influenced by 5
Charles Baudelaire
French poet and critic (1821–1867)
Influenced 11
Influenced by 8
Bret Easton Ellis
American novelist (b. 1964)
Influenced 9
Influenced by 3
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
Influenced 5
Influenced by 1
Thomas Mann
German novelist and Nobel Prize laureate (1875–1955)
Influenced 4
Influenced by 1
Joris-Karl Huysmans
French novelist and art critic
Influenced 2
Influenced by 0
Clifford D. Simak
American writer, journalist (1904-1988)
Influenced 1
Influenced by 0
Georges Perec
French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist
Influenced 1
Influenced by 0