48.8% of matchups won
299 matchups
Elo 1548
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/09/09
mission: Explore sexuality and morality · Literature and philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing49%
picked as helping wellbeing
237 matchups
47%
picked as hurting wellbeing
62 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Michel de Montaigne
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39.1% wins · French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
02
Jean-Paul Sartre
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60.4% wins · French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
03
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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70.8% wins · Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712–1778)
04
Voltaire
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65.5% wins · French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
05
Michel Foucault
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43.6% wins · French philosopher (1926–1984)
Known for
- Prolific writer
- Introduced sadism term
- Imprisoned for blasphemy
- Influenced modern philosophy
- Cultural icon of sexuality
Based on 299 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/09. Full rankings ·
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