Personally I like to think of myself as an amateur of philosophy or one who has a penchant for it. Perhaps I am wrong but I would ‘suspect’ that most teachers of philosophy might fear the hubris of claiming to be a philosopher as though their daemon might depart to stay with someone who knew nothing. In the same way claiming to be a poet is a dangerous challenge to your muse. She does not like to be taken for granted. No, on the one hand you may claim to think things through, get to the bottom of things or on the other write verse. Then it becomes a life and you shake off the weight of the identity. To be free in yourself is the goal. Then you might do good work.
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