52.5% of matchups won
299 matchups
Elo 1475
tracked 2025/05/24 → 2026/09/09
mission: Explore the nature of being · Philosophy and ontology · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing52%
picked as helping wellbeing
238 matchups
56%
picked as hurting wellbeing
61 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
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Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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48.9% wins · German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
02
Immanuel Kant
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51.8% wins · German philosopher (1724–1804)
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Ludwig Wittgenstein
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50.0% wins · Austrian philosopher and logician (1889–1951)
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Michel de Montaigne
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39.1% wins · French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
05
Arthur Schopenhauer
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48.1% wins · German philosopher (1788–1860)
Known for
- Published Being and Time
- Contributed to phenomenology
- Influenced existentialism
- Critiqued technology
- Engaged with Western philosophy
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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