Although Paine liked to say that he read very little, his writings belie this statement ; The Age of Reason has intellectual roots in the traditions of David Hume, Spinoza, and Voltaire.

In 1835, the methodical writings of David Friedrich Strauss caused an uproar in Europe, and Strauss became known as the founder of Christ myth theory, his approach having been influenced by the epistemological views of Leibniz and Spinoza.

His writings, however, show traces of the influence of Averroes, hence he is an Averroistic Aristotelean ; apparently he was also inclined to pantheism, consequently he was included, later, in the Spinozists before Spinoza.

The main catalysts behind this new distinction were the research and writings of Konrad Lorenz and Niko Tinbergen.

Their writings attracted sympathetic liberal-minded people, as well as homosexuals looking for a community.

Diogenes relates a legend that Zeno was a merchant and that after surviving a shipwreck, Zeno wandered into a bookshop in Athens and was attracted to some writings about Socrates.

Hesychasm attracted the attention of Barlaam, a convert to Eastern Orthodoxy who encountered Hesychasts and heard descriptions of their practices during a visit to Mount Athos ; he had also read the writings of Palamas, himself an Athonite monk.

In addition, his writings attracted much interest in Catholic practice and thought, and in the Cistercian vocation.

His devotional writings had attracted the notice of Henry, Prince of Wales, who made him one of his chaplains ( 1608 ).

In spite of his doctrinal writings — which at the time made no little noise, so that his Compendium of Dogmatic ( 1760 ) was confiscated in Sweden, and the Knighthood of the North Star was afterwards given him in reparation — it was the natural side of the Bible that really attracted him, and no man did more to introduce the method of studying Hebrew antiquity as an integral part of ancient Eastern life.

These writings, however, attracted little attention.

His first published writings appeared in 1905 and attracted the attention of Valery Bryusov, who invited him to contribute to his influential literary magazine Vesy ( The Balance ), the center of the Symbolist movement, where in 1906 he published his verse cycle " Alexandrian Songs " ( modeled on Les Chansons de Bilitis, by Pierre Louÿs ) and the first Russian novel with a homosexual theme, Wings, which instantly achieved notoriety and made him a widely popular writer.

The first of his writings that attracted attention was his Lied eines Schweizers an sein bewaffnetes Mädchen ( Song of a Swiss to his armed maiden, 1751 ).

Her writings attracted the attention of Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Lorber posthumously attracted a following, and his writings were published and frequently reprinted, mostly with Lorber & Turm, a dedicated publisher based in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany.

Being thus obliged to depend upon his writings for the support of his family, and having learned by the fate of his Saturn and its System that the general public are not attracted by works requiring arduous study, he cultivated a more popular style.

A large number of urban elites were also attracted to the ideology, which spread through Majumdar's writings, particularly the ' Historic Eight Documents ' which formed the basis of Naxalite ideology.

His writings attracted a great deal of interest amongst his contemporaries ; serious if partisan criticisms of the historical method of his earlier work led to his losing his reputation as a scholar.

Through his lectures and writings, Combe attracted public attention to phrenology on Continental Europe and the United States, as well as his native United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The expedition has attracted much historical debate due to the lack of government records available and the subsequent reliance on sources such as the Irish Annals and the writings of Gerald.

These articles attracted much attention, and were distinguished by those qualities of solid learning, thorough investigation and candour of judgment which characterized all his writings.

His lectures and writings in hashkafa ( Jewish philosophy ) and Hasidic thought have attracted a worldwide following.

His writings attracted the notice of Pericles, who offered to provide for his maintenance, if he would come and reside with him ; but Simon refused, on the grounds that he did not wish to surrender his independence.

When the gods began systematically to develop a system of religious doctrine through their planchette writings, the cult group attracted more and more members and gave itself the name Morals Society ( Tao-te She )( 道德社 ).

Through her writings, she alienated many feminists but attracted many woman who may have considered themselves conservative feminists.

William Gilmore Simms, sturdy realist that he was, pleaded for a natural robustness such as he found in his favorites the great Elizabethans, to vivify the pale writings being produced around him.

On the subject of alchemy and chemistry, many treatises relating to Alchemy have been attributed to him, though in his authentic writings he had little to say on the subject, and then mostly through commentary on Aristotle.

The arrangement which Andronicus made of Aristotle's writings seems to be the one which forms the basis of our present editions and we are probably indebted to him for the preservation of a large number of Aristotle's works.

His uncle, George Lauder, whom he referred to as " Dod ", introduced him to the writings of Robert Burns and historical Scottish heroes such as Robert the Bruce, William Wallace, and Rob Roy.

He came from a Christian family, despite accounts to the contrary, as in his writings he tells more than once of an aunt who taught him some principles of the Christian faith, and a father who did the same, as well as mentioning ( once ) his mother doing the same.

This massive collection of BF's writings, and letters to him, is available in large academic libraries.

Donald's reputation is suggested by the epithet dasachtach, a word used of violent madmen and mad bulls, attached to him in the 11th-century writings of Flann Mainistrech, echoed by the his description in the Prophecy of Berchan as " the rough one who will think relics and psalms of little worth ".

Although he wanted to plead guilty, Justice Samuel Chase urged him to name those who had helped him or subscribed to his writings in exchange for freedom.

These professional writings gave him a place and memorial in Albrecht von Haller, Bibliotheca Medicinae Practicae ( 1779 ).

Brentano introduced him to the writings of Bernard Bolzano, Hermann Lotze, J. Stuart Mill, and David Hume.

The first historical record of doubts as to authorship are found in the writings of Origen of Alexandria, who spoke of the doubts held by some — albeit not him.

In 1895 he inherited some money, allowing him to have more of his writings printed, and to change from wearing a priest-like habit to being the " Velvet Gentleman ".

The sum and whole cause of the writings of this epistle, is, to prove that a man is justified by faith only: which proposition whoso denieth, to him is not only this epistle and all that Paul writeth, but also the whole scripture, so locked up that he shall never understand it to his soul's health.

Harvey's dedication to Oxford is a double-edged criticism, praising his English and Latin verse and prose, yet advising him to ' put away your feeble pen, your bloodless books, your impractical writings '.

The information used to create the late-fourth-century Easter Letter, which declared accepted Christian writings, was probably based on the Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius of Caesarea, wherein he uses the information passed on to him by Origen to create both his list at HE 3: 25 and Origen ’ s list at HE 6: 25.

" Hollerich concludes that "... the standard assessment has exaggerated the importance of political themes and political motives in Eusebius's life and writings and has failed to do justice to him as a churchman and a scholar ".

Later hagiographers often painted a picture of Ephrem as an extreme ascetic, but the internal evidence of his authentic writings show him to have had a very active role, both within his church community and through witness to those outside of it.

" MI5, the intelligence department of the Home Office, noted: " It is evident from his recent writings – ' The Lion and the Unicorn ' – and his contribution to Gollancz's symposium The Betrayal of the Left that he does not hold with the Communist Party nor they with him.

Bultmann's conclusion was so controversial that heresy proceedings were instituted against him and his writings.

The first reformatory writings began the work of winning him over to the evangelical cause.

Significantly, he values him only for his superstitious and astrological writings ; his scientific writings are dismissed because they contradict Aristotle, but excused on the ground that the author of the astrological works deserves to be listened to even when he is wrong.

Gregory's writings illuminate the conflicts which both tormented and motivated him.

Rousseau's idea of the volonté générale (" general will ") was not original with him but rather belonged to a well-established technical vocabulary of juridical and theological writings in use at the time.