Browse By

Influenced By

Influenced by names the earlier thinkers whose work shaped a philosopher's own ideas. Wikipedia notes Kant "builds on the work of empiricist philosophers such as John Locke and David Hume, as well as rationalist philosophers such as Rene Descartes, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Christian Wolff," drawing on both rival traditions at once. This dimension traces the intellectual lineage running into a given philosopher's work.

Facts

Comparison

Era of Emergence

6 BCE 1

Cultural Origin Tradition

Ancient Greek 1

Cultural Origin Tradition

Ancient Indian 1

Cultural Origin Tradition

Ancient Chinese 1

Influenced By

25 entries

Branch of Philosophy

School of Philosophy

Era

Nationality

Birthplace / Region

Movement

In Group

Tradition

Birth Year

Death Year

Sources

1. Metaphysics (Wikipedia)

Wikipedia

Metaphysics, lead section, Greek emergence sentence
In ancient Greece, metaphysics emerged in the 6th century BCE with the pre-Socratic philosophers, who gave rational explanations of the cosmos as a whole.
Metaphysics, lead section, Indian origin sentence
In ancient India, starting in the 7th century BCE, the Upanishads were written as religious and philosophical texts that examine how ultimate reality constitutes the ground of all being.
Metaphysics, lead section, Chinese origin sentence
At about the same time in ancient China, the school of Taoism was formed and explored the natural order of the universe.

Switch Atlas

The Inner World

The Civil World

The Natural World

Influenced By

Al-Farabi

Al-Ghazali

Anaximander

Aristotle

Averroes

Badarayana

Emanuel Swedenborg

Franz Brentano

Immanuel Kant

Johann Gottlieb Fichte

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

John Locke

Leucippus

Melissus of Samos

Nicholas of Cusa

Nishida Kitaro

Parmenides

Plato

Plotinus

Pythagoras

Rene Descartes

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Socrates

Thales

Thomas Carlyle