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Who influenced Benedictus de Spinoza?

  • Aristotle

    Classical Greek philosopher and polymath (384-322 BC)

    Influenced 75

    Influenced by 10

  • Plato

    Greek philosopher (c. 427 – 348 BC)

    Influenced 62

    Influenced by 7

  • René Descartes

    French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 7

  • Averroes

    Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 11

  • Niccolò Machiavelli

    Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 0

  • Avicenna

    Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c.980–1037)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 12

  • Francis Bacon

    English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 0

  • Moshe ben Maimon

    Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 5

  • Nicolas Malebranche

    French philosopher

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 1

  • Parmenides

    late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 1

  • Epicurus

    ancient Greek philosopher

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 3

  • Giordano Bruno

    Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 6

  • Democritus

    Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 1

  • Ibn Tufayl

    Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath (c.1105–1185)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 0

  • Thomas Hobbes

    English philosopher (1588–1679)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 4

  • Lucretius

    1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Hasdai Crescas

    Spanish Jewish philosopher and teacher (c.1340–1410/11)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 4

  • Xenophanes

    Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher (c.570–c.478 BC)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

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