 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Philosophus Autodidactus yaivewo ne pesvedzero huru pahunyanzvi hwazvino hweWestern. Rakava rimwe remabhuku anokosha zvikuru pakushandurwa kwemashoko panyaya dzesayenziuye Kujekerwa kweEurope, uye pfungwa dzakaratidzwa munoverengeka yacho dzinogona kuwanwa mu misiyano yakasiana-siana uye mumwero yakasiana-siana mumabhuku aThomas Hobbes, John Locke, Isaac Newton, uye Immanuel Kant. Iri bhuku rakafuridzira pfungwa ye tabula rasa yakagadzirwa mu An Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1690 naLocke, uyo akanga ari mudzidzi waPococke. Philosophus Autodidactus yakagadzirawo misoro ye empiricism, tabula rasa, zvisikwa zvinopesana nekurera, mamiriro ezvinobvira, zvinhu, uye Dambudziko raMolyneux. Iri bhuku rakakurudzirawo Robert Boyle, mumwe aiziva Pococke, kunyora bhuku rake rouzivi rakaitika pachitsuwa, The Aspiring Naturalist. Dzimwe nyanzvi dzeEurope dzakapesvedzerwa nePhilosophus Autodidactus dzinosanganisira Gottfried Leibniz, Melchisédech Thévenot, John Wallis, Christiaan Huygens, George Keith, Robert Barclay, maQuaker, naSamuel Hartlib. 