Terry,
ARE YOU AN INTELLECTUAL? Why not?
Labeling is a useful social vehicle for measurement, but it is something I leave to others, as I am just me. Clever about some things, stupid about many others, inspiring about some matters, capable of boring the arse off Gordon Brown on others.
I spent decades of my life wrestling in the razor wire of questions for which answers will never be forthcoming. These days I am content to 'Golliard' myself into eternity, which I suppose answers your question, albeit ambiguously, as to whether I view myself as an intellectual.
...My intention is to die
In the tavern drinking:
Wine must be at hand, for I
Want it while I am sinking.
Angels when they come shall cry,
At my frailities winking:
'Spare this drunkard, God, he's high'
Absolutely stinking'.
HS