Spinoza 100%
Aristotle 95%
Aquinas 92%
Bentham 81%
Mill 77%
Epicureans 76%
Sartre 76%
Kant 72%
Augustine 59%
Rand 57%
Stoics 57%
Nietzsche 53%
Cynics 47%
Hume 44%
Prescriptivism 39%
Plato 33%
Ockham 30%
Noddings 29%
Hobbes 24%

Huh.  I wonder how the utilitarians got so high.

I think this sort of thing needs to come with a disclaimer to the effect
that the value of reading philosophy doesn't come from comparing recipes
for living, but from getting in the head of the philosopher and reliving
his/her struggle with the issues.  I think that's where the most learning
happens.

Marvin Long
Austin, Texas

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