I understand that you may bring home this philosopher (5,5)

I believe the answer is:

roger bacon

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'philosopher' is the definition.
(I know this)

'i understand that you may' is the wordplay.
'i understand that' becomes 'roger' (roger that).
'you may' becomes 'bacon' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'roger'+'bacon'='ROGER BACON'

'bring home this' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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I've seen this clue in The Times.

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