In a poll of eliciting 34,000 votes to a UK radio programme for the greatest philopher, Marx came far ahead of rivals with 28% of the vote.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/inourtime/greatest_philosopher_vote_result.shtml Double that of the next rival David Hume at 13% The interesting thing was in Eric Hobsbawm's observations on the result - available on the internet. Chris Burford
