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Greatest Philosophers

For better or for worse, here are the top 26 philosophers who influenced the world!
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Descartes
France
2
Plato
Greece
3
Aristotle
Greece
4
Locke
UK
5
Confucius
China
6
Nietzsche
Germany
7
Pythagoras
Greece
8
Hobbes
UK
9
Kant
Germany
10
Hegel
Germany
11
Augustine
Algeria
12
Hume
UK
13
Aquinas
Italy
14
Sartre
France
15
Rand
Russia
16
Socrates
Greece
17
Kierkegaard
Denmark
18
Lao Tzu
China
19
de Beauvoir
France
20
Mill
UK
21
Rousseau
France
22
Camus
Algeria
23
Spinoza
Holland
24
Diogenes
Greece
25
Epicurus
Greece
26
Derrida
Algeria
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13 Comments
skiesboy
+2
Level 66
Jan 2, 2017
Out of interest, on what did you base this list? Also why is Marx not included. I would argue that he very much shaped the last century.
hwes
+3
Level 89
Jan 2, 2017
Interesting list; Rand instead of Marx.....??
ashcatash
+1
Level 27
Jan 5, 2017
There's actually a very good reason why I didn't include Marx on this list.

I forgot about him. Sorry.

Willow277
+2
Level 45
Sep 24, 2017
No Voltaire?
Olethrios
+1
Level 38
May 13, 2025
Voltaire isn't a philosopher.
HaroldHecuba
+1
Level 38
Nov 21, 2018
I would contest de Beauvoir's place on this list. Other than that, good quiz.
AlexanderTheLarge
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Level 76
Apr 21, 2021
She definitely belongs here. More than most others listed. But the "de" should be removed so that "Beauvoir" alone is an acceptable answer.
AlexanderTheLarge
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Level 76
Apr 21, 2021
The only person who really shouldn't be here is Ayn Rand. She's not an actual philosopher.
Timon
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Level 55
Dec 30, 2019
Is this by birthplace or country of death? Rousseau was not born in France, he was a Swiss Genevan philosopher. Kant was also not born in present day Germany. Also Beauvoir should be acceptable as an answer for de Beauvoir.
mraz
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Level 66
Nov 6, 2021
Kant was born in Koenigsberg, Prussia. Prussia was a German state. For the same reason, Augustine is for instance not an Algerian.
EcceHomo
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Level 86
May 12, 2021
This is a very random and arbitrary selection. No Leibniz, Marx, Russell, Heidegger, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Wittgenstein...
MarioNebot7
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Level 44
Aug 9, 2021
Typically American made list full of prejudices against Marxism.
ogamer
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Level 63
Sep 22, 2021
Not very interesting quiz. Sorry.
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