42.2% of matchups won
258 matchups
Elo 1514
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/10/04
mission: Challenge traditional values · Philosophy and culture · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing39%
picked as helping wellbeing
224 matchups
65%
picked as hurting wellbeing
34 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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Jacques Derrida
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39.0% wins · French philosopher (1930–2004)
02
Arthur Schopenhauer
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48.1% wins · German philosopher (1788–1860)
03
Jean-Paul Sartre
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60.4% wins · French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
04
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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48.9% wins · German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
05
Heraclitus
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46.7% wins · Greek philosopher (late 6th/early 5th-century BC)
Known for
- Youngest professor
- Concept of Übermensch
- Death of God
- Will to Power
- Critique of morality
Based on 258 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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