article_snippet: It came the day after he was named as the world's fourth greatest thinker by readers of intellectual magazine Prospect.
article_snippet: The self-styled revolutionary beat the likes of Nobel peace prize winner Henry Kissinger and Booker prize recipient Hilary Mantel to make it into the top ten list of influential minds.
article_snippet: Tim Walker added: 'A generation or so ago, Bertrand Russell was considered to be a great thinker.
article_snippet: The stand-up was named as the world's fourth greatest thinker by readers of intellectual magazine Prospect .
highlights_snippet: Self-styled revolutionary named world's fourth greatest thinker by Prospect .