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Greek philosopher (c. 427 – 348 BC)
Influenced 62
Influenced by 7
classical Greek Athenian philosopher (c. 470 – 399 BC)
Influenced 15
Influenced by 1
Greek philosopher
Influenced 14
Influenced by 2
late 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher
Influenced 8
Influenced by 1
ancient Greek philosopher
Influenced 7
Influenced by 3
Greek philosopher (c. 460–c. 370 BC)
Influenced 5
Influenced by 1
pre-Socratic Greek philosopher
Influenced 4
Influenced by 1
5th century BC Greek philosopher
Influenced 2
Influenced by 1
Greek physician ( c. 460 – c. 370 BC)
Influenced 2
Influenced by 0
Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
Influenced 2
Influenced by 1
German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
Influenced 78
Influenced by 16
German philosopher (1844–1900)
Influenced 71
Influenced by 67
German philosopher (1889–1976)
Influenced 59
Influenced by 13
Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)
Influenced 46
Influenced by 18
German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
Influenced 31
Influenced by 29
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist
Influenced 28
Influenced by 7
Danish theologian, philosopher, poet and social critic (1813–1855)
Influenced 27
Influenced by 10
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church
Influenced 24
Influenced by 15
Russian author (1828–1910)
Influenced 19
Influenced by 20
Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
Influenced 17
Influenced by 6
Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)
Influenced 16
Influenced by 11
Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
Influenced 16
Influenced by 11
French philosopher (1859–1941)
Influenced 16
Influenced by 21
American essayist, poet, and philosopher (1817–1862)
Influenced 12
Influenced by 8
Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c.980–1037)
Influenced 11
Influenced by 12
Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)
Influenced 11
Influenced by 5
British writer, lay theologian and scholar (1898–1963)
Influenced 10
Influenced by 20
German-American political theorist and philosopher (1906–1975)
Influenced 10
Influenced by 22
10th century Islamic philosopher and jurist
Influenced 8
Influenced by 3
Anglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher (1729–1797)
Influenced 8
Influenced by 7
Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e falsificationism and for criticism of Plato, Hegel and Marx as totalitarian opponents of open society (1902-1994)
Influenced 8
Influenced by 10
South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, and politician (1877-1938)
Influenced 8
Influenced by 12
French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)
Influenced 8
Influenced by 16
French author, politician, poet, and critic (1868–1952)
Influenced 7
Influenced by 8
French philosopher (1904-1995)
Influenced 7
Influenced by 13
French philosopher
Influenced 5
Influenced by 8
French novelist and memoirist; pseudonym of Lucile Aurore Dupin
Influenced 5
Influenced by 17
2nd-century Roman mathematician, astronomer, geographer
Influenced 5
Influenced by 1
English philosopher (1588–1679)
Influenced 5
Influenced by 4
French Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist (1713–1784)
Influenced 4
Influenced by 3
Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century
Influenced 3
Influenced by 6
German philosopher (1900–2002)
Influenced 3
Influenced by 9
5th-century Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
Influenced 3
Influenced by 5
English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)
Influenced 3
Influenced by 3
French philosopher (1952–2020)
Influenced 2
Influenced by 12
British philosopher, (1659-1708)
Influenced 2
Influenced by 6
Spanish Jewish philosopher and teacher (c.1340–1410/11)
Influenced 2
Influenced by 4
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473–1543)
Influenced 2
Influenced by 7
king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)
Influenced 1
Influenced by 1
British analytic philosopher
Influenced 1
Influenced by 3
Greek Neoplatonist philosopher
Influenced 1
Influenced by 6
English philosopher
Influenced 1
Influenced by 1
philosopher, linguist (1905-1973)
Influenced 1
Influenced by 10
Scottish philosopher
Influenced 1
Influenced by 3
American philosopher
Influenced 1
Influenced by 4
English philosopher (1920–2010)
Influenced 1
Influenced by 4
Greek philosopher (c. 350 – 430 AD)
Influenced 1
Influenced by 2
far-right white nationalist and white supremacist podcaster, blogger, author and political commentator
Influenced 1
Influenced by 5
Russian and Lithuanian philosopher and teacher
Influenced 1
Influenced by 10
Arab philosopher (died c. 915)
Influenced 0
Influenced by 1
Italian physician, botanist and philosopher (1524–1603)
Influenced 0
Influenced by 2
British ontologist
Influenced 0
Influenced by 1
Spanish theologian and philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 13
French philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 5
Armenian philosopher/5th century
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4
American academic
Influenced 0
Influenced by 1
Russian philosopher and writer
Influenced 0
Influenced by 3
American philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 10
Italian diplomat and academic
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4
Persian physicist, mathematician and astronomer (c. 965 – c. 1040)
Influenced 0
Influenced by 1
Spanish writer, journalist and jurist (1838-1890)
Influenced 0
Influenced by 9
Italian abbot, writer and philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 2
medieval philosopher (ca. 1300-1358)
Influenced 0
Influenced by 2
American philosopher, author and educator
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4
British psychiatrist and author
Influenced 0
Influenced by 7
American philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4
Greco-Syrian mathematician (c. 60 – c. 120 AD)
Influenced 0
Influenced by 1
Professor of political philosophy
Influenced 0
Influenced by 1
Spanish philosopher, jesuit, theologian
Influenced 0
Influenced by 3
French philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4
Spanish philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4
Belgian philosopher, c. 1240–1284
Influenced 0
Influenced by 2
ancient Greek philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 2
Israeli intellectual
Influenced 0
Influenced by 6
French philosopher
Influenced 0
Influenced by 4