| 100% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored dialogues Laws and Republic |
| 57% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who authored the treatise The Republic |
| 45% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who wrote "The Republic" |
| 42% | HEIDEGGER | 9 | Martin —, German philosopher who authored 1927 work Being and Time |
| 40% | EPICURUS | 8 | Greek philosopher born in 341 BC who authored treatise On Nature |
| 39% | KIERKEGAARD | 11 | Soren —, 19th-century Danish philosopher who authored the volumes Either/Or and Fear and Trembling |
| 37% | EMPEDOCLES | 10 | Greek philosopher and scientist who held that the world is composed of air, fire, earth and water |
| 36% | ZENO | 4 | Greek philosopher who founded Stoicism |
| 36% | SOCRATES | 8 | Greek philosopher who taught Plato |
| 36% | SOCRATES | 8 | Greek philosopher who mentored Plato |
| 36% | EURIPIDES | 9 | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who learned from Socrates |
| 35% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Greek philosopher who founded the Lyceum |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who founded the Academy |
| 35% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who was Aristotle's teacher |
| 35% | ARISTOTLE | 9 | Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great |
| 35% | SOCRATES | 8 | Greek philosopher who died in 399 BC |
| 34% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who was a student of Socrates |
| 34% | PLATO | 5 | Greek philosopher who was the student of Socrates |
| 34% | PLATO | 5 | Ancient Greek philosopher who taught Aristotle |
| 34% | SOCRATES | 8 | Ancient Greek philosopher who drank hemlock |
| 34% | PLATO | 5 | Ancient Greek philosopher who studied under Socrates |
| 33% | NIEBUHR | 7 | “Moral Man and Immoral Society” author whom Barack Obama cited as one of his favorite philosophers |
| 33% | MENANDER | 8 | Greek poet and comic dramatist who authored stage play Dyskolos |
| 33% | HOBBES | 6 | Thomas —, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan |
| 33% | JOHNRAWLS | 9 | US philosopher who authored A Theory of Justice |
| 33% | SINGER | 6 | Peter ___, Australian moral philosopher who authored "Animal Liberation" |
| 33% | HOBBES | 6 | Thomas -, English philosopher who authored 1651 book Leviathan |
| 33% | SOPHOCLES | 9 | Greek playwright who authored Oedipus Rex |
| 33% | JOHNDEWEY | 9 | Philosopher who wrote "Democracy and Education" |