You guys are always quick to say which dude's a pseud, so tell me, in your opinion, what separates a pseudointellectual from an intellectual? Then post authors that fit your definition.
imo: an intellectual knows that he's probably a pseudointellectual.
My pseud: Hesse
Int: Joyce
Pseud: You
Int: God
An intellectual is someone primarily interested in pursuit of knowledge.
A pseud is someone merely interested in giving off the impression of being in pursuit of knowledge.
A retard is an annoying teenager who doesn't understand the meaning behind those terms, yet feels he's in a position to apply them as judgement to greatest literary minds in history.
Examples:
intellectuals - most people in scientific research,
pseuds - that guy that gets pussy by namedropping french philosophers,
retards - you.
>>9372222
that hurt senpai
>>9372168
pseud: you
intellectual: me, an intellectual
Pseud: someone who talks
Int: someone who acts
>>9372168
Everyone a pseud. There is no human that one can call an intellectual
>>9372168
>hesse
you get the fuck off my board! reeeee!
>>9372172
God has no need of 'intellect,' pseud. Divinity suffices.
>>9372291
Only a pseud would say that to justify her pseudiness.
>>9372168
This is a completely fair, even interesting, query. My pseuds: the brothers Goncourt. My intellectual: Flaubert.