Question: Which philosopher was influenced by Girard Desargues and went on to influence Niccolo Machiavelli?
Answer(s):
answer: Plato
answer: Aristotle

SPARQL query:
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SELECT DISTINCT ?x
WHERE {
FILTER (?x != ns:m.05cvs)
FILTER (!isLiteral(?x) OR lang(?x) = '' OR langMatches(lang(?x), 'en'))
ns:m.05cvs ns:influence.influence_node.influenced_by ?x .
?x ns:influence.influence_node.influenced ?c .
?c ns:influence.influence_node.influenced_by ns:m.01_4zq . 
}