In truth modern humankind tends to the polymath as a rule. However a true polymath doesn't simply acquire a broad range of knowledge and skills as a side-effect of life but embraces and seeks out new knowledge and skills with great fervor.
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What is a polymath?
A polymath (Greek polymath?s, ?????????, "having learned much")The term was first recorded in written English in the early seventeenth century is a person whose knowledge is not restricted to one subject area. The dictionary definition is consistent with informal use, whereby someone very knowledgeable is described as a polymath when the term is used as a noun, or polymath or polymathic when used as adjectives.
The terms Renaissance Man and (less commonly) Homo Universalis (which is Latin for "a universal man" or "man of the world") are related, and used to describe a person who is well educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields.Encarta dictionary This idea developed in Renaissance Italy from the notion expressed by one of its most accomplished representatives, Leon Battista Alberti (1404?72): that ?a man can do all things if he will?. It embodied the basic tenets of Renaissance Humanism, which considered man the centre of the universe, limitless in his capacities for development, and led to the notion that men should try to embrace all knowledge and develop their own capacities as fully as possible. Thus the gifted men of the Renaissance sought to develop skills in all areas of knowledge, in physical development, in social accomplishments, and in the arts.
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Renaissance Woman Online
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A Renaissance Woman is a woman (as opposed to a Renaissance Man) who has broad intellectual interests and that is definitely me! I am interested in all sorts of fields from business and marketing to writing and education. I love trivia and quotes too...
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Who Is Deanna Mascle
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Deanna Mascle has many professional roles -- student and teacher, writer and reader -- as well as a full personal life involving family, friends, church and community.
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Deanna Mascle
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I know you really want to read every word that I've ever written but I'm not about to put the full text of my novels on line and cannot get copies of all the newspaper and magazine articles I've written, but I can share my articles, ezines, newslette...
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What do I think about polymaths? I think they must feel exhausted. Maybe a shot of B-12 would help? I might be a cousin to one of them, though. I learn something new every day. I think it's a genetic throwback--this curiosity to know everything. Posted August 11, 2008 |
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