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Who influenced Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz?

  • 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

  • Benedictus de Spinoza

    Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

    Influenced 46

    Influenced by 18

  • René Descartes

    French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 7

  • Thomas Aquinas

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

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 15

  • Augustine of Hippo

    Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 1

  • Blaise Pascal

    French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623–1662)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 5

  • Plotinus

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

    Influenced 14

    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

  • Giordano Bruno

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

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 6

  • Anselm of Canterbury

    Benedictine monk, philosopher, and prelate

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Confucius

    Chinese philosopher and politician (551–479 BCE)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Duns Scotus

    Scottish Franciscan friar and philosopher (c. 1265/66–1308)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Ramon Llull

    Spanish writer and philosopher

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Ibn Tufayl

    Arab Andalusian Muslim polymath (c.1105–1185)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 0

  • Nicholas of Cusa

    German philosopher (1401 – 1464)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 0

  • Thomas Hobbes

    English philosopher (1588–1679)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 4

  • Francisco Suárez

    Spanish Jesuit priest, philosopher and theologian (1548-1617)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

    Italian Renaissance philosopher (1463–1494)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • John Amos Comenius

    Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Christiaan Huygens

    Dutch mathematician, physicist and astronomer (1629–1695)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 1

  • Jacques Bénigne Bossuet

    French bishop and theologian (1627-1704)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 1

  • Pierre Gassendi

    French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist (*1592 – †1655)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 1

  • Erhard Weigel

    Mathematician, astronomer and philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Hypatia

    Greek Neoplatonist philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 6

  • Jacob Bernoulli

    Swiss mathematician (1655-1705)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Jakob Thomasius

    German philosopher (1622-1684)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Nicolaus Steno

    Pioneer in anatomy and geology, bishop (1638–1686)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

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