Medieval · c. 1200–1280
Who influenced Albertus Magnus?
Influences and legacy
Universal Doctor — Aquinas' teacher and the first to read Aristotle through fresh observation.
Albertus Magnus was influenced by Avicenna, and went on to influence Thomas Aquinas and Dietrich von Freiberg. That is 3 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Albertus Magnus?
Albertus Magnus was a German Dominican friar, philosopher, scientist and bishop, known in his lifetime as Doctor universalis and Doctor expertus; the name Magnus, the Great, was added late in his life.
Some scholars call him the greatest German philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages. He was canonised in 1931, and the Catholic Church counts him among the Doctors of the Church.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Albertus Magnus?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Avicenna 980–1037
Who did Albertus Magnus influence?
2 thinkers on this map draw directly on Albertus Magnus.
- Thomas Aquinas 1225–1274
- Dietrich von Freiberg c. 1250–1310
The line of teachers behind Albertus Magnus
The longest documented line of influence ending at Albertus Magnus runs 9 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Albertus Magnus
Indirect influences
The second generation
- Through Thomas Aquinas: Duns Scotus, René Descartes
- Through Dietrich von Freiberg: Meister Eckhart
Contemporaries of Albertus Magnus
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Albertus Magnus, with no direct line between them.
- Dōgen 1200–1253
- Henry of Ghent c. 1217–1293
- Roger Bacon c. 1219–1292
- Bonaventure 1221–1274
- Robert Grosseteste c. 1175–1253
Albertus Magnus by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 2
- Thinkers upstream
- 18
- Thinkers downstream
- 141
- Wikipedia languages
- 76 — #15 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Epic
Schools and lineages
- Scholastics: Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Meister Eckhart, Jean Buridan
Questions about Albertus Magnus
- Who influenced Albertus Magnus?
- Avicenna.
- Who did Albertus Magnus influence?
- Thomas Aquinas and Dietrich von Freiberg.
- When did Albertus Magnus live?
- c. 1200–1280. The map files Albertus Magnus under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Albertus Magnus card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Albertus Magnus in 76 languages, which makes it an Epic card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
More medieval philosophers
- Augustine of Hippo AD 354–430
- Thomas Aquinas 1225–1274
- Avicenna 980–1037
- Ibn Khaldun 1332–1406
- Al-Ghazali c. 1058–1111
- Averroes 1126–1198
- Erasmus 1466–1536
- Hypatia c. 355–415