Some of the polemical writings of Hegel made a notable impact e.g., a preface that he wrote for a book by one of his earliest disciples, Hermann Hinrichs, on the relation of faith to reason (1822).
One of the Bāb's earliest disciples and strongest exponents was Mīrzā Ḥosayn ʿAlī Nūrī, who had assumed the name Bahāʾ Allāh when he renounced his social standing and joined the Bābīs.
Although the Buddha Sakyamuni lived in the sixth century B.C., he and his earliest disciples opposed the personalization of his teachings, and it was not until hundreds of years later that his image -- or what people imagined it to be -- began to appear in statues and paintings.
Hegel has been claimed for conservatism, but his political affiliation has been disputed since his earliest disciples.
Naraharitirtha (1281), one of earliest disciples of Madhvacharya, is therefore considered the earliest haridasa to write Vaishnava compositions in Kannada.
Revered as one of the world's pioneering DJs who's credited as the original Studio 54 resident as well as founder of seminal nightclub, The Gallery, New York-native Nicky Siano was one of David Mancuso's earliest disciples.
