With nearly 900 votes cast, we now know:
| 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 |
Berkeley was a close runner-up for the top 20.
The top six are not surprising (though they wouldn't have been my top six, but that's another matter), but after that the results reveal how radically people's conceptions of philosophy diverge. Wittgenstein ahead of Locke, Hegel, Spinoza, Mill et al.? Augustine ahead of Marx and Nietzsche? Aquinas in the top ten? What explains it? Thoughts from readers? Signed comments strongly preferred, as usual.
