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Irving Kristol - An intellectual may be defined as a...
An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence. (Irving Kristol)

An intellectual may be defined as a man who speaks with general authority about a subject on which he has no particular competence.

Irving Kristol

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