70.8% of matchups won
400 matchups
Elo 1666
tracked 2025/05/26 → 2026/10/15
mission: Promote individual freedom and justice · Philosophy and education · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing71%
picked as helping wellbeing
351 matchups
69%
picked as hurting wellbeing
49 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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Voltaire
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65.5% wins · French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
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Jean-Paul Sartre
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60.4% wins · French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
03
John Stuart Mill
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66.7% wins · British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)
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Bertrand Russell
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58.7% wins · British philosopher and logician (1872–1970)
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Marquis de Sade
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48.8% wins · French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer...
Known for
- Social Contract
- Discourse on Inequality
- Founder of Romanticism
- Influence on Education
- Legacy in Political Theory
Based on 400 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/15. Full rankings ·
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