 Greatly influenced by the philosophy of Max Stirner and Friedrich Nietzsche and the political theories of Peter Kropotkin, he in turn influenced D. H. Lawrence (through Gross's affair with Frieda von Richthofen), Franz Kafka and other artists, including Franz Jung and other founders of Berlin Dada.His influence on psychology was more limited.Carl Jung claimed his entire worldview changed when he attempted to analyse Gross and partially had the tables turned on him.