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Who influenced Plato?

  • Socrates

    classical Greek Athenian philosopher (c. 470 – 399 BC)

    Influenced 15

    Influenced by 1

  • Heraclitus

    Greek philosopher

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 2

  • Parmenides

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

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 1

  • Pythagoras

    Greek philosopher and mathematician (c. 570 – c. 495 BC)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 4

  • Aristophanes

    Classical Athenian comic playwright (c. 446 – c. 386 BC)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 3

  • Protagoras

    Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher (c.490–c.420 BC)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Hesiod

    ancient Greek poet

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Plato?

  • Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

    German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)

    Influenced 78

    Influenced by 16

  • Immanuel Kant

    German philosopher (1724–1804) of the Enlightenment

    Influenced 78

    Influenced by 14

  • Aristotle

    Classical Greek philosopher and polymath (384-322 BC)

    Influenced 75

    Influenced by 10

  • Friedrich Nietzsche

    German philosopher (1844–1900)

    Influenced 71

    Influenced by 67

  • Martin Heidegger

    German philosopher (1889–1976)

    Influenced 59

    Influenced by 13

  • Benedictus de Spinoza

    Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

    Influenced 46

    Influenced by 18

  • Michel Foucault

    French philosopher

    Influenced 32

    Influenced by 29

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 29

  • Jorge Luis Borges

    Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

    Influenced 29

    Influenced by 13

  • Arthur Schopenhauer

    German philosopher (1788–1860)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 6

  • René Descartes

    French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 7

  • Frithjof Schuon

    Swiss philosopher, poet and painter (1907-1998)

    Influenced 26

    Influenced by 7

  • Thomas Aquinas

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

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 15

  • Leo Tolstoy

    Russian author (1828–1910)

    Influenced 19

    Influenced by 20

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

    German philosopher (1775–1854)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 12

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson

    American philosopher (1803–1882)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 5

  • Averroes

    Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 11

  • Henri Bergson

    French philosopher (1859–1941)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 21

  • Jacques Derrida

    French philosopher (1930–2004)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 19

  • C. S. Lewis

    British writer, lay theologian and scholar (1898–1963)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 20

  • Hannah Arendt

    German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 22

  • Hans Vaihinger

    German philosopher

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 9

  • Alain Badiou

    French writer and philosopher

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 11

  • Al-Farabi

    10th century Islamic philosopher and jurist

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 3

  • Vladimir Solovyov

    Russian philosopher (1853-1900)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 2

  • Voltaire

    French writer, historian, and philosopher (1694–1778)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 15

  • Julius Evola

    Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 24

  • Alain

    French philosopher

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 8

  • Thomas Hobbes

    English philosopher (1588–1679)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 4

  • Hermann Cohen

    German philosopher

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 5

  • Leo Strauss

    History of Political Philosophy scholar (1899-1973)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 5

  • Boethius

    Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 6

  • Hans-Georg Gadamer

    German philosopher (1900–2002)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 9

  • Proclus

    5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 5

  • Bernard Stiegler

    French philosopher (1952–2020)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 12

  • Damaris Cudworth Masham

    British philosopher, (1659-1708)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 6

  • Samuel R. Delany

    American author and literary critic

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 15

  • Victor Cousin

    French philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 4

  • Eliphas Levi

    French occult author, sage and poet (1810-1875)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 9

  • Evald Ilyenkov

    Russian philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 9

  • Ferdinand Alquié

    French philosopher (1906-1985)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Hypatia

    Greek Neoplatonist philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 6

  • Jean Gebser

    philosopher, linguist (1905-1973)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 10

  • Ploutarchos of Athens

    Greek philosopher (c. 350 – 430 AD)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

  • Ralph Cudworth

    English clergyman, theologian, philosopher, and Cambridge Platonist (1617–88)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Aristobulus of Paneas

    philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Benedict Pereira

    Spanish theologian and philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 13

  • Bronze Age Pervert

    pseudonymous, far-right Twitter personality

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Christos Androutsos

    Greek theologian, philosopher and university professor (1869-1935)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • David Anhaght

    Armenian philosopher/5th century

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Dimitris Michalopoulos

    Greek historian

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Dmitry Galkovsky

    Russian philosopher and writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Indalecio Armesto

    Spanish writer, journalist and jurist (1838-1890)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 9

  • Jean Borella

    French christian philosopher and theologian

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Licinianus of Cartagena

    bishop of Cartagena

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Metrofan Aksyonov

    Russian mathematician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Neel Burton

    British psychiatrist and author

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 7

  • Pierre-Jean Labarrière

    French jesuit and philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Rémi Brague

    French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Valentin Asmus

    Russian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Władysław Witwicki

    Polish psychologist, philosopher, translator historian (of philosophy and art), and artist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Yeshayahu Leibowitz

    Israeli intellectual

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6