Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Johann Wolfgang von Goethe" in English language version.
It is known —but seldom paid much attention to— that Goethe's natural studies had some influence on Hegel's philosophy.
Goethe's view attracted interest at the time; someone else influenced by Goethe is Schopenhauer.
Carl Linnaeus, the botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundation for modern biological naming, was a major influence on Goethe. The latter, a well-known influence on Kierkegaard, writes of Linnaeus, [...]
No one would deny that Goethe influenced Nietzsche, but it is important to understand that relationship in very specific terms.
Goethe influenced Cassirer in a crucial aspect of his philosophy of the symbolic.
Goethe's influence on Jung was profound and far-reaching.
[...] "Mehr Licht" sollen, während ich das Sterbezimmer auf einen Moment verlassen hatte, die letzten Worte des Mannes gewesen seyn, dem Finsterniss in jeder Beziehung stets verhasst war. [...]
Er endete mit den Worten: "Mehr Licht" —Ihm ist es nun geworden.— Wir wollen es uns gesagt seyn lassen, als Nachruf, zur Ermunterung und Belebung.