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Open thread: Who are our great, neglected intellectuals?

Rodin's Thinker
Have a ponder ... a gallery goer considers Rodin's The Thinker Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

In his piece on the UK's public intellectuals, John Naughton concludes that "the British aversion to the I-word seems to be at odds with the facts. This country has an impressive array of lively, creative and argumentative minds."

Naughton has compiled his own list of Britain's top 300 intellectuals. Do you agree? And why do you think we're so reluctant to celebrate them?

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