Nine Muses

From BoardGameGeek:

Answer the call of the muses to earn your place in the history books as a great sage, leaving your rivals in the footnotes. Nine Muses is a 2-4 player competitive card game where you can set yourself up to gain or steal humanity's most powerful resource: knowledge. With the help of famous philosophers and the Nine Muses of Antiquity, you'll gather knowledge to gain points and put yourself ahead of the competition. -description from the designer