He soon became known as one of the most cultivated minds of his time.

He'd worked with some of the greatest scientific minds of their time.

"It is a cri de coeur by one of the most brilliant minds of our time."

Such evidence is rejected, of course, by some of the great "minds" of our time.

Leon was one of the most innovative financial minds of our time.

Campanella was one of the most profound and fertile minds of his time, producing famous philosophical works.

Mary Shelley had contact with some of the most influential minds of her time.

"This one little project drew some of the most extraordinary minds of its time," she said.

Both Goethe and Kierkegaard, along with many other notable intellectuals, considered him to be the finest mind of his time.

Many of the most brilliant minds of our time did fine without elitist privileges.