46.7% of matchups won
261 matchups
Elo 1634
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/10/04
mission: Explore the nature of change · Philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing40%
picked as helping wellbeing
211 matchups
76%
picked as hurting wellbeing
50 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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Aristotle
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64.3% wins · 4th-century BCE Classical Greek philosopher and polymath
02
Plutarch
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34.7% wins · Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
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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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Epictetus
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31.8% wins · Greek Stoic philosopher (c. 50–c. 138)
05
Friedrich Nietzsche
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42.2% wins · German philosopher (1844–1900)
Known for
- Philosophy of flux
- Concept of Logos
- Unity of opposites
- Influence on Stoicism
- Fragments of writings
Based on 261 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/04. Full rankings ·
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