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| − | '''Polymath''' is a person with encyclopedic, broad or varied [[knowledge]]. | + | 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 == | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpg|right]] | |
| + | [[File:Charles Willson Peale Self Portrait 1822.jpg|thumb|Charles Willson Peale, Self-Portrait]] | ||
| + | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | *[[Maimonides]] | ||
| + | *[[Albertus Magnus]] | ||
| + | *[[Roger Bacon]] | ||
| + | *[[Giotto di Bondone]] | ||
| + | *[[Nicholas of Cusa]] | ||
*[[Leonardo da Vinci]] | *[[Leonardo da Vinci]] | ||
| + | *[[Giovanni Pico della Mirandola]] | ||
| + | *[[Albrecht Dürer]] | ||
| + | *[[Nicolaus Copernicus]] | ||
| + | *[[Galileo Galilei]] | ||
| + | *[[Leon Battista Alberti]] (A Renaissance ideal) | ||
| + | *[[Francis Bacon]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Hobbes]] | ||
| + | *[[Rene Descartes]] | ||
| + | *[[Blaise Pascal]] | ||
| + | *[[Isaac Newton]] | ||
| + | *[[Gottfried Leibniz]] | ||
| + | *[[Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz]] | ||
| + | *[[Benjamin Franklin]] | ||
| + | *[[Immanuel Kant]] | ||
| + | *[[Charles Willson Peale]] | ||
| + | *[[Thomas Jefferson]] | ||
| + | *[[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]]. | ||
| + | *[[William Blake]] | ||
| + | | | ||
| + | *William Thornton | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Morse]] | ||
| + | *[[Mary Somerville]] | ||
| + | *[[Harriet Martineau]] | ||
| + | *[[John Stuart Mill]] | ||
| + | *[[Paul Morphy]] | ||
*[[Charles Peirce]] | *[[Charles Peirce]] | ||
| − | *[[ | + | *[[Rudolf Steiner]] |
*[[H. G. Wells]] | *[[H. G. Wells]] | ||
*[[Albert Schweitzer]] | *[[Albert Schweitzer]] | ||
| + | *[[Pavel Florensky]] | ||
| + | <br> | ||
| + | |} | ||
| + | == Polymaths and self-education == | ||
| + | ''See also:'' [[Autodidacticism]] | ||
| + | [[Autodidacticism]] (Self-education) is the practice of [[education]] and/or learning skills without the guidance of schools/schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions, [[mentor]]s). A person who is self-taught is an autodidact. | ||
| + | Frequently people who are polymaths are also autodidacts, and vice versa.<ref>[https://knowledgelust.com/autodidact-vs-polymath-whats-the-difference-can-you-be-both/#:~:text=Autodidacts%20are%20people%20who%20teach,have%20been%20one%20or%20both. Autodidact vs. Polymath: What’s the Difference & Can You Be Both?]</ref> | ||
| + | == See also == | ||
| + | *[[Seven Sages of Greece]] | ||
| + | *[[Skepticism]] | ||
| + | *[[Epistemology]] | ||
| + | == References == | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
[[Category:Dictionary]] | [[Category:Dictionary]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Philosophy]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:18, April 17, 2025
A Polymath is a person with encyclopedic, broad or varied knowledge. Related terms are Renaissance Man and Homo Universalis.
Some recognized polymaths
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Polymaths and self-education
See also: Autodidacticism
Autodidacticism (Self-education) is the practice of education and/or learning skills without the guidance of schools/schoolmasters (i.e., teachers, professors, institutions, mentors). A person who is self-taught is an autodidact.
Frequently people who are polymaths are also autodidacts, and vice versa.[1]