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Greatest philosophers of all time — Yourlist

|RankingsGreatest philosophers of all time

Greatest philosophers of all time

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

The thinkers behind the thinking.

What counts: Seeded with approximate figures where shown — the crowd's votes decide the order.

Aristotle▲ Rising
Era: 300s BC
added by IJRin 2 rankings
77
Plato▲ Rising
Era: 300s BC
added by IJR
63
Immanuel Kant▲ Rising
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
44
Socrates▲ Rising
Era: 400s BC
added by IJR
36
René Descartes▲ Rising
Era: 1600s
added by IJR
26
Friedrich Nietzsche▲ Rising
Era: 1800s
added by IJR
7
Confucius
Era: 500s BC
added by IJRin 3 rankings
-6
David Hume
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
-9
John Locke▼ Falling
Era: 1600s
added by IJR
-20
Marcus Aurelius▼ Falling
Era: 100s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
-49

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HHank Kim3d
Exactly the kind of argument the internet was built for.
FFelix Silva5d
The crowd is sleeping on the bottom half of this list.
JJade Tanaka2d
This order is closer to right than any editor would've gotten.
IIris Novak3d
Voted — and the gap between #1 and #2 should be bigger.