Your sentence issentences are describing a smaller group of a general population, this is usually said toone way it can be said is
some some ofof a population
many many ofof thea population
a few of a population all of a population
so, the correct sentenceanother way this can be said is to just mention the quantity directly
...many of whose minds are closed... many something
some something
a few something
all somethings
Both of your sentences are correct.