知识分子的定义非常之多。界定知识分子的一个主要方法是根据他们的社会地位或职业角色,第二种界定的方法是根据知识分子自我宣称的思想。希尔斯(Edward shils)说,知识分子的特点“是运用普遍性范畴和抽象性参考的象征符号”。曼海姆 The definition of intellectuals is very much. One of the main ways to define intellectuals is based on their social status or professional role. The second method of definition is based on intellectual self-declared ideas. Edward Shils said that the intellectual character “is the use of symbolic symbols of universal categories and abstract references.” Mannheim