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Who influenced Avicenna?

  • Aristotle

    Classical Greek philosopher and polymath (384-322 BC)

    Influenced 75

    Influenced by 10

  • Plotinus

    Hellenistic Platonist philosopher and founder of Neoplatonism (c. 204/5–270)

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 0

  • Al-Farabi

    10th century Islamic philosopher and jurist

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 3

  • Galen

    Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher (129-c.216)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 0

  • Muhammad

    founder and main prophet of Islam (c. 570–632)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 0

  • Abu Bakr al-Razi

    Persian polymath, physician, chemist and philosopher (854-925)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Al-Kindi

    Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Al-Biruni

    11th-century Central Asian scholar and polymath

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Hippocrates

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

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Ibn Zuhr

    Arab physician, surgeon and poet (1094–1162)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Wasil ibn Ata

    Muslim theologian

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Abu Zayd al-Balkhi

    Persian polymath

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Avicenna?

  • Benedictus de Spinoza

    Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

    Influenced 46

    Influenced by 18

  • Thomas Aquinas

    Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 15

  • Averroes

    Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 11

  • Moshe ben Maimon

    Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 5

  • Nasir al-Din al-Tusi

    Persian astronomer (1201–1274)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 3

  • Omar Khayyám

    Persian mathematician and poet (1048–1131)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 2

  • Seyyed Hossein Nasr

    Iranian philosopher (born 1933)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 10

  • Bahmanyār

    Persian scholar

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Insha-Allah Rahmati

    Iranian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6

  • Omar Bagasra

    Pakistani-American molecular biologist, biotechnologist and author

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Todros Todrosi

    Jewish translator

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3