48.9% of matchups won
276 matchups
Elo 1609
tracked 2025/05/29 → 2026/07/09
mission: Advance philosophy and reason · Philosophy and Ideology · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing45%
picked as helping wellbeing
225 matchups
65%
picked as hurting wellbeing
51 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
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Immanuel Kant
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51.8% wins · German philosopher (1724–1804)
02
Friedrich Engels
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29.9% wins · German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
03
Martin Heidegger
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52.5% wins · German philosopher (1889–1976)
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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
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48.6% wins · German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
05
Karl Marx
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70.5% wins · German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
Known for
- Phenomenology of Spirit Publication
- Development of Absolute Idealism
- Establishment of Hegelianism
- Influence on Political Philosophy
- Contributions to Dialectical Method
Based on 276 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/09. Full rankings ·
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