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Who influenced Friedrich Nietzsche?

  • 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

  • Plato

    Greek philosopher (c. 427 – 348 BC)

    Influenced 62

    Influenced by 7

  • Benedictus de Spinoza

    Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

    Influenced 46

    Influenced by 18

  • Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    Russian novelist (1821–1881)

    Influenced 37

    Influenced by 18

  • William Shakespeare

    English playwright and poet (1564–1616)

    Influenced 33

    Influenced by 6

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 29

  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

    German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 8

  • Arthur Schopenhauer

    German philosopher (1788–1860)

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 6

  • Charles Darwin

    English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)

    Influenced 24

    Influenced by 8

  • Edgar Allan Poe

    American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)

    Influenced 21

    Influenced by 0

  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)

    Influenced 20

    Influenced by 0

  • Blaise Pascal

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

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 5

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson

    American philosopher (1803–1882)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 5

  • Niccolò Machiavelli

    Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 0

  • Socrates

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

    Influenced 15

    Influenced by 1

  • Heraclitus

    Greek philosopher

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 2

  • Auguste Comte

    French philosopher and pioneer of positivism (1798-1857)

    Influenced 12

    Influenced by 1

  • Adam Mickiewicz

    Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 5

  • Richard Wagner

    German composer (1813–1883)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 1

  • Max Stirner

    German philosopher (1806-1856)

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 5

  • Michel de Montaigne

    French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 0

  • Parmenides

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

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 1

  • Voltaire

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

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 15

  • William Butler Yeats

    Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 9

  • Epicurus

    ancient Greek philosopher

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 3

  • Alexander Ivanovich Herzen

    Russian author, philosopher, and revolutionary (1812-1870)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Lev Shestov

    Russian existentialist philosopher (1866 – 1938)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 12

  • Paul Tillich

    German-American theologian and philosopher

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Democritus

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

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 1

  • Mary Wigman

    German dancer, choreographer, and dance instructor

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 0

  • Friedrich Albert Lange

    German philosopher and sociologist (1828–1875)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 0

  • Heinrich Heine

    German poet, writer and literary critic (1797–1856)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 8

  • Oswald Spengler

    German historian and philosopher (1880-1936)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 1

  • Stendhal

    19th century French writer

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 0

  • Adalbert Stifter

    Austrian painter, pacifist and writer (1805-1868)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • François de La Rochefoucauld

    French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Friedrich Hölderlin

    German poet

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Hippolyte Taine

    French critic and historian

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Napoleon

    French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Richard Strauss

    German composer and orchestra director (1864–1949)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Zoroaster

    founder of Zoroastrianism

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Aeschylus

    ancient Athenian playwright

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • African Spir

    Russian philosopher (1837-1890)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Baltasar Gracián

    Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language (1601-1658)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Empedocles

    5th century BC Greek philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 1

  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann

    German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Lou Andreas-Salomé

    German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 3

  • Protagoras

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

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Stefan George

    German poet, editor, and translator

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Thucydides

    5th-century BC Athenian historian and general

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Alexander the Great

    king of Macedonia and conqueror of Achaemenid Persia (356–323 BC)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Bernard Mandeville

    Anglo-Dutch writer and physician (1670-1733)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Cesare Borgia

    Duke of Romagna and former Catholic cardinal

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Friedrich Wilhelm Ritschl

    German classical philologist (1806-1876)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

    German scientist, satirist

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Giacomo Leopardi

    Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Jean-Marie Guyau

    French writer and philosopher (1854-1888)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Julius Caesar

    Roman general and dictator (100–44 BC)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Max Scheler

    German philosopher (1874-1928)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Paul Bourget

    French writer

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Paul Rée

    Prussian Doctor

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Ruđer Josip Bošković

    Croat physicist

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Sextus Empiricus

    2nd-century Roman philosopher and physician

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Stefan Zweig

    Austrian writer (1881-1942)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 1

  • Theognis of Megara

    Greek lyric poet active in approximately the sixth century BC

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

Who was influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche?

  • Martin Heidegger

    German philosopher (1889–1976)

    Influenced 59

    Influenced by 13

  • Gilles Deleuze

    French philosopher (1925–1995)

    Influenced 33

    Influenced by 29

  • Michel Foucault

    French philosopher

    Influenced 32

    Influenced by 29

  • Albert Camus

    French philosopher, author, and journalist (1913–1960)

    Influenced 27

    Influenced by 13

  • Jacques Derrida

    French philosopher (1930–2004)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 19

  • Theodor W. Adorno

    German philosopher, sociologist and theorist (1903–1969)

    Influenced 10

    Influenced by 5

  • Gaston Bachelard

    French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 3

  • Georges Bataille

    French intellectual and literary figure

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 9

  • Muhammad Iqbal

    South Asian Muslim writer, philosopher, and politician (1877-1938)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 12

  • Slavoj Žižek

    Slovenian philosopher (born 1949)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 22

  • William Butler Yeats

    Irish poet and playwright (1865–1939)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 9

  • Georges Canguilhem

    French philosopher (1904-1995)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 13

  • Julius Evola

    Italian philosopher and esotericist (1898-1974)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 24

  • Martin Buber

    German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian (1878–1965)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 6

  • August Strindberg

    Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 9

  • Lev Shestov

    Russian existentialist philosopher (1866 – 1938)

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 12

  • Jean Baudrillard

    French sociologist, philosopher and cultural theorist

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 10

  • Salvador Dalí

    Spanish artist (1904–1989)

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 3

  • Alfred Adler

    Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 2

  • André Gide

    French author and Nobel laureate (1869–1951)

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 10

  • André Malraux

    French novelist, art theorist, and statesman

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 3

  • Aleksandr Dugin

    Russian political activist and philosopher (born 1962)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 12

  • Emil Cioran

    Romanian-French philosopher and essayist

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 10

  • Gabriel Marcel

    French philosopher, playwright, music critic and leading Christian existentialist (1889-1973)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 8

  • Knut Hamsun

    Norwegian novelist (1859–1952)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 6

  • Nick Land

    British philosopher

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 7

  • Bernard Stiegler

    French philosopher (1952–2020)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 12

  • Emma Goldman

    Russian anarchist

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 10

  • François Laruelle

    French philosopher (1937-)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 9

  • Jean-Luc Nancy

    French philosopher and author

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 10

  • Jordan Peterson

    Canadian clinical psychologist, author, and political commentator (born 1962)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 9

  • Lou Andreas-Salomé

    German-Russian Psychoanalyst and author

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 3

  • Nikolai Berdyaev

    Russian philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 14

  • Gustav Landauer

    German anarchist, editor (1870-1919)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 8

  • H. L. Mencken

    American journalist and writer (1880–1956)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 7

  • Jonathan Lethem

    American novelist, essayist, short story writer, Roy E. Disney Chair in Creative Writing, Pomona College

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 26

  • Peter Lamborn Wilson

    American political writer, poet and essayist

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 5

  • Ramiro de Maeztu

    Spanish political theorist, journalist, and literary critic

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 4

  • Anna Maria Carassiti

    Italian writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Bernard Williams

    English moral philosopher (1929–2003)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Bob Black

    American anarchist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 14

  • Bronze Age Pervert

    pseudonymous, far-right Twitter personality

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Cody Rutledge Wilson

    American weapons developer (1988-)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6

  • Colette Peignot

    French writer (1903-1938)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Darío Sztajnszrajber

    Argentinian speaker, journalist and philosophy teacher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Dimitri Uchaneishvili

    Georgian writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche

    Sister of Friedrich Nietzsche (1846-1935)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Eugene Thacker

    American philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 10

  • Francisco José Ramos

    Puerto Rican philosopher and poet

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6

  • Franco Bolelli

    Italian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Helene Stöcker

    German feminist, pacifist and gender activist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Hermann Huber

    Swiss painter (1888-1967)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 14

  • John Moore

    British anarchist author, teacher and organiser

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Karl Reinhardt

    German classical philologist (1886–1958)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Karl Roretz

    Austrian philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Kåre Johannessen

    Danish historian and writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Lewis Call

    American anarchist academic

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Luboš Blaha

    Slovak politician

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 25

  • Luiz Felipe Pondé

    Brazilian professor and writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 10

  • Micha Josef Berdyczewski

    Ukrainian Jewish writer (1865–1921)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Michel Onfray

    French philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 6

  • Mikhail Bakhtin

    Russian intellectual and philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Oscar Levy

    German physician, writer and journalist (1867-1946)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Otokar Březina

    Czech writer (1868-1929)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Pinchas Sadeh

    Israeli writer (1929–1994)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • R.F. Beerling

    Dutch philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Robert Musil

    Austrian philosophical writer (1880–1942)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Sorin Cerin

    Romanian philosopher, poet, logician and essayist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 16

  • Sun Liangang

    Chinese artist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Talal Asad

    anthropologist at the CUNY Graduate Center

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Walter Kaufmann

    German-American philosopher (1921–1980)

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3