Medieval · c. 1250–1310
Who influenced Dietrich von Freiberg?
Influences and legacy
Dominican physicist-theologian whose theory of light and intellect braced Eckhart's mysticism.
Dietrich von Freiberg was influenced by Albertus Magnus, and went on to influence Meister Eckhart. That is 2 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
Who was Dietrich von Freiberg?
Dietrich of Freiberg was a German Dominican theologian, philosopher and physicist. In 1293 he became provincial of the Dominican order, a post once held by Albert the Great.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Dietrich von Freiberg?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Albertus Magnus c. 1200–1280
Who did Dietrich von Freiberg influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Dietrich von Freiberg.
- Meister Eckhart c. 1260–1328
The line of teachers behind Dietrich von Freiberg
The longest documented line of influence ending at Dietrich von Freiberg runs 10 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Dietrich von Freiberg
Indirect influences
- Through Albertus Magnus: Avicenna
The second generation
- Through Meister Eckhart: Nicholas of Cusa
Contemporaries of Dietrich von Freiberg
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Dietrich von Freiberg, with no direct line between them.
- Siger of Brabant c. 1240–1284
- Duns Scotus c. 1266–1308
- Ramon Llull c. 1232–1315
- Thomas Aquinas 1225–1274
Dietrich von Freiberg by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 19
- Thinkers downstream
- 113
- Wikipedia languages
- 14 — #57 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Common
Questions about Dietrich von Freiberg
- Who influenced Dietrich von Freiberg?
- Albertus Magnus.
- Who did Dietrich von Freiberg influence?
- Meister Eckhart.
- When did Dietrich von Freiberg live?
- c. 1250–1310. The map files Dietrich von Freiberg under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Dietrich von Freiberg card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Dietrich von Freiberg in 14 languages, which makes it a Common card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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