Medieval · c. 1217–1293
Who did Henry of Ghent influence?
Students and legacy
Subtle Augustinian whose disputes with Aquinas set up Duns Scotus' synthesis.
Henry of Ghent influenced Duns Scotus. That is 1 line of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
Who was Henry of Ghent?
Henry of Ghent was a scholastic philosopher known by the nickname Doctor Solemnis, the "Solemn Doctor". From 1276 to 1292 he was a master of theology at the University of Paris.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who did Henry of Ghent influence?
1 thinker on this map draws directly on Henry of Ghent.
- Duns Scotus c. 1266–1308
Two steps away from Henry of Ghent
The second generation
Contemporaries of Henry of Ghent
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Henry of Ghent, with no direct line between them.
- Roger Bacon c. 1219–1292
- Bonaventure 1221–1274
- Thomas Aquinas 1225–1274
- Ramon Llull c. 1232–1315
- Albertus Magnus c. 1200–1280
- Dōgen 1200–1253
- Siger of Brabant c. 1240–1284
Henry of Ghent by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 0
- Direct followers
- 1
- Thinkers upstream
- 0
- Thinkers downstream
- 19
- Wikipedia languages
- 20 — #56 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Common
Questions about Henry of Ghent
- Who influenced Henry of Ghent?
- No earlier thinker on this map is recorded as a direct influence on Henry of Ghent.
- Who did Henry of Ghent influence?
- Duns Scotus.
- When did Henry of Ghent live?
- c. 1217–1293. The map files Henry of Ghent under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Henry of Ghent card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Henry of Ghent in 20 languages, which makes it a Common card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
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