His direct influence was small, but his influence through pupils such as John of Salisbury was great, and his method of applying rigorous logical analysis to theology shaped the way that theological criticism developed in the period that followed.
彼の直接的な影響は小さいが、ソールズベリのジョンといった弟子を通した影響は大きく、彼の厳密な論理的分析を神学へ適用する手法は、続く時代の神学的批判が洗練される道筋を作った。