51.9% of matchups won
314 matchups
Elo 1519
tracked 2025/05/26 → 2026/10/24
mission: Popularize Eastern philosophy · Philosophy and spirituality · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing52%
picked as helping wellbeing
262 matchups
54%
picked as hurting wellbeing
52 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
Aldous Huxley
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55.6% wins · English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
02
Eckhart Tolle
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44.0% wins · German author
03
William James
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60.9% wins · American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist (1842–1910)
04
Swami Vivekananda
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49.0% wins · Indian Hindu monk and philosopher (1863–1902)
05
A. C. Grayling
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44.9% wins · English philosopher
Known for
- The Way of Zen
- Psychotherapy East and West
- Nature, Man and Woman
- Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life
- Dialogue with Carl Jung
Based on 314 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/24. Full rankings ·
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