I, Deanna Mascle, am a polymath are you?
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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 expertise fills a significant number of subject areas. In less formal terms, a polymath (or polymathic person) may simply refer to someone who is very knowledgeable. Most ancient scientists were polymaths by today's standards.1 Introduction: Greek Science in Context
The terms Arab Scholar, Renaissance man and, less commonly, homo universalis (Latin for "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 phenomenon was common in the Arab world. Later, in Europe, the 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 empowered, limitless in his capacities for development, and led to the notion that people should embrace all knowledge and develop their 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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The Polymath
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You too can become a polymath! Just keep on learning!
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- ineffable: Dictionary.com Word of the Day
- ineffable: incapable of being expressed.
Read up on polymaths
The Last Man Who Knew Everything: Thomas Young, The Anonymous Polymath Who Proved Newton Wrong, Explained How We See, Cured the Sick, and Deciphered the Rosetta Stone, Among Other Feats of Genius by Andrew Robinson
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Polymath of the Baroque: Agostino Steffani and His Music by Colin Timms
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The Polymath by Bensalem Himmich
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Rabbi Abraham Ibn Ezra: Studies in the Writings of a Twelfth-Century Jewish Polymath (Harvard Judaic Texts and Studies)
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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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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.
What do you think about polymaths?
Heather426 wrote...
What an interesting idea for a lens. I'm a polymath for sure...although I'm not sure all that knowledge is needed.LOL 5*
Posted April 25, 2009
seedplanter wrote...
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.
Another wonderful lens!
Posted August 11, 2008
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