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A '''Polymath''' is a person with encyclopedic, broad or varied [[knowledge]]. Related terms are ''[[Renaissance Man]]'' and ''Homo Universalis''.
A '''Polymath''' is a person with [[encyclopedia|encyclopedic]], broad or varied [[knowledge]]. Related terms are ''[[Renaissance Man]]'' and ''Homo Universalis''.
== Some recognized polymaths ==
== Some recognized polymaths ==
*[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]
*[[Nicolaus Copernicus]]
*[[Galileo Galilei]]
*[[Galileo Galilei]]
*[[Leon Battista Alberti]] A Renaissance ideal.
*[[Leon Battista Alberti]] (A Renaissance ideal)
*[[Francis Bacon]]
*[[Francis Bacon]]
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*[[William Blake]]
*[[William Blake]]
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*[[William Thornton]]
*William Thornton
*[[Samuel Morse]]
*[[Samuel Morse]]
*[[Mary Somerville]]
*[[Mary Somerville]]
*[[Skepticism]]
*[[Skepticism]]
*[[Epistemology]]
*[[Epistemology]]
== References ==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:Dictionary]]
[[Category:Dictionary]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]
[[Category:Philosophy]]