49.4% of matchups won
314 matchups
Elo 1487
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/10/02
mission: Challenge traditional beliefs · Philosophy and ethics · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing49%
picked as helping wellbeing
270 matchups
52%
picked as hurting wellbeing
44 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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48.6% wins · German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
02
Friedrich Nietzsche
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42.2% wins · German philosopher (1844–1900)
03
Francis Bacon
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60.0% wins · English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
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Zeno of Elea
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33.8% wins · Greek philosopher (c. 495 – c. 430 BC)
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Arthur Schopenhauer
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48.1% wins · German philosopher (1788–1860)
Known for
- Expelled from Jewish community
- Developed pantheistic views
- Authored 'Ethics'
- Wrote 'Tractatus Theologico-Politicus'
- Influence on Enlightenment thought
Based on 314 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/02. Full rankings ·
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