Medieval · c. 1175–1253
Who influenced Robert Grosseteste?
Influences and legacy
Bishop-scientist of Oxford who married light-metaphysics to experiment.
Robert Grosseteste was influenced by Aristotle and Augustine of Hippo, and went on to influence Roger Bacon. That is 3 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Robert Grosseteste?
Robert Grosseteste, Bishop of Lincoln, was an English statesman, scholastic philosopher, theologian and scientist. The historian A. C. Crombie called him the real founder of the tradition of scientific thought in medieval Oxford.
He was revered as a saint in England after his death, but efforts to have him formally canonised failed. His translation of the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs also spread hostile claims about Jews.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Robert Grosseteste?
2 direct influences on this map, earliest first.
- Aristotle 384–322 BC
- Augustine of Hippo AD 354–430
Who did Robert Grosseteste influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Robert Grosseteste.
- Roger Bacon c. 1219–1292
The line of teachers behind Robert Grosseteste
The longest documented line of influence ending at Robert Grosseteste runs 11 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Robert Grosseteste
Indirect influences
- Through Augustine of Hippo: Tertullian, Plotinus
- Through Aristotle: Plato
The second generation
- Through Roger Bacon: William of Ockham
Contemporaries of Robert Grosseteste
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Robert Grosseteste, with no direct line between them.
- Ibn Arabi 1165–1240
- Suhrawardi 1154–1191
- Albertus Magnus c. 1200–1280
- Dōgen 1200–1253
Robert Grosseteste by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 2
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 24
- Thinkers downstream
- 4
- Wikipedia languages
- 37 — #49 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Rare
Questions about Robert Grosseteste
- Who influenced Robert Grosseteste?
- Aristotle and Augustine of Hippo.
- Who did Robert Grosseteste influence?
- Roger Bacon.
- When did Robert Grosseteste live?
- c. 1175–1253. The map files Robert Grosseteste under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Robert Grosseteste card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Robert Grosseteste in 37 languages, which makes it a Rare card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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