So our poll got over 1160 votes (even more than the one eight years ago); in the final 48 hours there was a surge of voting by pro-metaphysics philosophers, leading Hegel to overtake Nietzsche (though he still did not fare as well as previously), Aristotle to overtake Plato, and David K. Lewis to crack the top 30. Here are the results:
| 1. Aristotle (Condorcet winner: wins contests with all other choices) |
| 2. Plato loses to Aristotle by 458–455 |
| 3. Kant loses to Aristotle by 678–256, loses to Plato by 623–312 |
| 4. Hume loses to Aristotle by 721–203, loses to Kant by 606–273 |
| 5. Descartes loses to Aristotle by 801–105, loses to Hume by 463–365 |
| 6. Socrates loses to Aristotle by 720–146, loses to Descartes by 417–332 |
| 7. Locke loses to Aristotle by 855–45, loses to Socrates by 420–237 |
| 8. Wittgenstein loses to Aristotle by 826–94, loses to Locke by 366–313 |
| 9. Aquinas loses to Aristotle by 848–33, loses to Wittgenstein by 380–322 |
| 10. Leibniz loses to Aristotle by 853–43, loses to Aquinas by 337–304 |
| 11. Hobbes loses to Aristotle by 853–37, loses to Leibniz by 332–257 |
| 12. Marx loses to Aristotle by 837–72, loses to Hobbes by 318–302 |
| 13. J.S. Mill loses to Aristotle by 854–47, loses to Marx by 322–283 |
| 14. Spinoza loses to Aristotle by 846–53, loses to J.S. Mill by 300–274 |
| 15. Augustine loses to Aristotle by 841–41, loses to Spinoza by 296–276 |
| 16. Frege loses to Aristotle by 848–48, loses to Augustine by 307–281 |
| 17. Hegel loses to Aristotle by 839–55, loses to Frege by 362–277 |
| 18. Nietzsche loses to Aristotle by 851–77, loses to Hegel by 344–303 |
| 19. B. Russell loses to Aristotle by 850–54, loses to Nietzsche by 358–334 |
| 20. Kierkegaard loses to Aristotle by 836–54, loses to B. Russell by 294–289 |
| 21. Berkeley loses to Aristotle by 844–35, loses to Kierkegaard by 284–258 |
| 22. Quine loses to Aristotle by 855–48, loses to Berkeley by 304–226 |
| 23. Epicurus loses to Aristotle by 825–33, loses to Quine by 236–224 |
| 24. Rousseau loses to Aristotle by 842–31, loses to Epicurus by 204–194 |
| 25. Kripke loses to Aristotle by 848–37, loses to Rousseau by 215–199 |
| 26. Rawls loses to Aristotle by 859–27, loses to Kripke by 209–202 |
| 27. Carnap loses to Aristotle by 841–36, loses to Rawls by 241–213 |
| 28. Bacon loses to Aristotle by 828–21, loses to Carnap by 188–176 |
| 29. Bentham loses to Aristotle by 842–19, loses to Bacon by 172–164 |
| 30. D.K. Lewis loses to Aristotle by 835–39, loses to Bentham by 201–181 |
| 31. Democritus loses to Aristotle by 818–27, loses to D.K. Lewis by 175–174 |
| 32. Heraclitus loses to Aristotle by 821–29, loses to Democritus by 155–141 |
Democrticus and Hercalitus were close to the top 30, so I included them as well. Ordinal order aside, it's interesting how farely stable the top 20 has remained. My own top ten (not in exact order) included Plato, Nietzsche, Marx, Hume, Kant, Mill, Schopenhauer, Socrates, Aristotle, and Hobbes. Feel free to list yours, but do it with your name attached, since it's not interesting to anyone what an anonymous person thinks are the "top ten" or thereabouts.
