41.6% of matchups won
485 matchups
Elo 1681
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/10/23
mission: Promote humanism and literature · Literature and philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing40%
picked as helping wellbeing
457 matchups
68%
picked as hurting wellbeing
28 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day averageRelated
Similar people
01
Dante Alighieri
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41.1% wins · Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
02
Erasmus
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74.1% wins · Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian
03
Fernando Pessoa
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31.7% wins · Portuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935)
04
Giambattista Vico
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36.0% wins · Italian philosopher, rhetorician, historian and jurist
05
Thomas More
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64.7% wins · English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
Known for
- Rediscovered Cicero's letters
- Developed sonnet form
- Inspired Renaissance humanism
- Laureate of Rome
- Coined 'Dark Ages' concept
Based on 485 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/23. Full rankings ·
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