Intellectual legacies are part of historians' concerns, when they study the evolution of ideas. There are, however, no guidelines to help characterize the reception of intellectual legacies. This article provides preliminary tools to fill this gap, with a typology (faithful, formal, substantial legacies), and with two criteria to assess the conformity between the heir's and her inspirer's proposals. The objective is not to judge the legitimacy of this or that reception, but to facilitate its characterization, for a better understanding of the transmission of ideas. One case study from the history of economic thought, Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen's bioeconomics and its legacies, is provided to illustrate the operability of the toolbox.

当历史学家研究思想的演变时，知识遗产是他们关注的一部分。然而，没有指导方针来帮助描述对知识遗产的接受。本文提供了填补这一空白的初步工具，包括类型学（忠实的、正式的、实质性的遗产）和两个标准来评估继承人和她的启发者的提议之间的一致性。目的不是判断这种或那种接收的合法性，而是促进其表征，以便更好地理解思想的传播。提供了一个来自经济思想史的案例研究，即 Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen 的生物经济学及其遗产，以说明该工具箱的可操作性。