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Who influenced René Descartes?

  • 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

  • Thomas Aquinas

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

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 15

  • Anselm of Canterbury

    Benedictine monk, philosopher, and prelate

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Francisco Suárez

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

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • William of Ockham

    English Franciscan friar and theologian (c.1287–1347)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 3

  • Marin Mersenne

    French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

Who was influenced by René Descartes?

  • 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

  • Benedictus de Spinoza

    Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

    Influenced 46

    Influenced by 18

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 29

  • Isaac Newton

    English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)

    Influenced 19

    Influenced by 1

  • John Locke

    English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

    Influenced 18

    Influenced by 8

  • Blaise Pascal

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

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 5

  • Henri Bergson

    French philosopher (1859–1941)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 21

  • Nicolas Malebranche

    French philosopher

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 1

  • Karl Popper

    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

  • Georges Canguilhem

    French philosopher (1904-1995)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 13

  • Alain

    French philosopher

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 8

  • Hermann Cohen

    German philosopher

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 5

  • Jaime Balmes

    Spanish philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 5

  • Ferdinand Alquié

    French philosopher (1906-1985)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Lucien Lévy-Bruhl

    French philosopher (1857-1939)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 4

  • Marin Mersenne

    French theologian, philosopher, mathematician and music theorist, often referred to as the "father of acoustics" (1588-1648)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Merab Mamardashvili

    Georgian philosopher (1930-1990)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 7

  • Robert Boyle

    Anglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 6

  • Christina of Sweden

    Queen of Sweden (1626-1689), ruled from 1632 until abdication in 1654

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Eugene Thacker

    American philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 10

  • Frans van Schooten

    Dutch mathematician (1615-1660)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • François Poullain de la Barre

    French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Harry Frankfurt

    American philosopher (1929–2023)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Lev Lopatin

    Russian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Pierre Bergounioux

    French writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Tommaso Campailla

    Italian poet and philosopher (1668-1740)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Élisabeth Badinter

    French author, historian, and professor

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6