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Who influenced Thomas Aquinas?

  • 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

  • Augustine of Hippo

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

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 1

  • Averroes

    Arab Andalusian Muslim writer and philosopher (1126–1198)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 11

  • Avicenna

    Persian polymath, physician and philosopher (c.980–1037)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 12

  • Moshe ben Maimon

    Medieval Jewish philosopher from Spain (1135–1204)

    Influenced 11

    Influenced by 5

  • Cicero

    Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)

    Influenced 9

    Influenced by 0

  • Al-Ghazali

    Persian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic (c.1058–1111)

    Influenced 7

    Influenced by 0

  • Anselm of Canterbury

    Benedictine monk, philosopher, and prelate

    Influenced 6

    Influenced by 0

  • Al-Kindi

    Muslim Arab philosopher, mathematician and physician (c.801–873)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 0

  • Boethius

    Roman senator and philosopher of the early 6th century

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 6

  • Paul the Apostle

    Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 2

  • Albertus Magnus

    German Dominican friar, philosopher, theologian and saint (c.1200–1280)

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 0

  • Gregory I

    Pope from 590 to 603

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 0

  • Johannes Scotus Eriugena

    Irish Catholic philosopher and theologian (c. 800 – c. 877)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 2

Who was influenced by Thomas Aquinas?

  • Martin Heidegger

    German philosopher (1889–1976)

    Influenced 59

    Influenced by 13

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

    Influenced 31

    Influenced by 29

  • René Descartes

    French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

    Influenced 28

    Influenced by 7

  • Rudolf Steiner

    Austrian social reformer, occultist and esotericist (1861–1925)

    Influenced 21

    Influenced by 5

  • Dante Alighieri

    Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)

    Influenced 17

    Influenced by 6

  • Ayn Rand

    Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)

    Influenced 16

    Influenced by 11

  • G. K. Chesterton

    English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

    Influenced 14

    Influenced by 4

  • Pierre Bourdieu

    French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)

    Influenced 8

    Influenced by 16

  • Walker Percy

    Southern philosophical novelist

    Influenced 5

    Influenced by 7

  • Umberto Eco

    Italian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist

    Influenced 4

    Influenced by 6

  • William of Ockham

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

    Influenced 3

    Influenced by 3

  • Jaime Balmes

    Spanish philosopher

    Influenced 2

    Influenced by 5

  • G. E. M. Anscombe

    British analytic philosopher

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 3

  • Philippa Foot

    English philosopher (1920–2010)

    Influenced 1

    Influenced by 4

  • Alexander Tschugguel

    Austrian Catholic activist

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Benedict Pereira

    Spanish theologian and philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 13

  • Jean Borella

    French christian philosopher and theologian

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 8

  • Jean-Yves Leloup

    French theologian and writer

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 5

  • Mortimer J. Adler

    American philosopher, author and educator

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4

  • Norman Geisler

    American evangelical theologian

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 2

  • Peter Crockaert

    Flemish philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Riccoldo da Monte di Croce

    Italian missionary

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 1

  • Rodrigo de Arriaga

    Spanish philosopher, jesuit, theologian

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 3

  • Sebastián Izquierdo

    Spanish philosopher

    Influenced 0

    Influenced by 4