Simon Raper of Drunks&Lampposts has compiled a mesmerizing graph that charts the entire history ... stage in terms of their influence, namely Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche ...

Plato's own pupil, Aristotle, was born in 384 BC and began as an ardent supporter of his teacher. However, gradually he modified his teacher's views and turned away from the world of ideas back to ...