The 20 "Most Important" Philosophers of All Time

The results are in over at Leiter Reports...over 900 people voted :

1. Plato (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices)

2. Aristotle loses to Plato by 367–364

3. Kant loses to Plato by 411–328, loses to Aristotle by 454–295

4. Hume loses to Plato by 534–166, loses to Kant by 533–176

5. Descartes loses to Plato by 597–117, loses to Hume by 356–269

6. Socrates loses to Plato by 548–101, loses to Descartes by 327–270

7. Wittgenstein loses to Plato by 610–85, loses to Socrates by 385–193

8. Locke loses to Plato by 659–29, loses to Wittgenstein by 311–239

9. Frege loses to Plato by 611–86, loses to Locke by 279–256

10. Aquinas loses to Plato by 642–57, loses to Frege by 289–284

11. Hegel loses to Plato by 615–82, loses to Aquinas by 288–285

12. Leibniz loses to Plato by 650–36, loses to Hegel by 281–266

13. Spinoza loses to Plato by 653–49, loses to Leibniz by 281–207

14. Mill loses to Plato by 645–39, loses to Spinoza by 272–247

15. Hobbes loses to Plato by 647–47, loses to Spinoza by 269–245

16. Augustine loses to Plato by 663–46, loses to Mill by 296–247

17. Marx loses to Plato by 653–52, loses to Augustine by 305–248

18. Nietzsche loses to Plato by 691–63, loses to Marx by 327–269

19. Kierkegaard loses to Plato by 622–106, loses to Nietzsche by 330–256

20. Rousseau loses to Plato by 638–41, loses to Kierkegaard by 280–209

The usual suspects round out the the top five, but Frege and Wittgenstein in the top ten?!

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