`  Re. Dimech = philosopher, I refer you to M. Montebello, Dimech, PEG, Malta, 2004, Chapter IV, and there you'll find your answer. No more need be said here.  Re. Dimech = poet, no compendium of Dimech's poetry has been published so far, and thus a qualified judgement concerning his artistic ability in this field is still unwarranted. It is a fact that he does indeed have hundreds of all sorts of poetic compositions, and thus, until a better consideration should be given to them, the very fact of him possessing poetic compositions must qualify him as a ``poet`` (perhaps even of sorts, if you like; but a poet nonetheless). Even if a person is no Shakespeare, that does not mean he should not be considered to be a poet in his own (little, if you like) right.    `