Polymath

The key figures of the Renaissance helped to shape the world of their time, bringing about new ideas, and challenging the rules of their societies. They also have had lasting effects on the world that help to shape it even into the modern day. It would be difficult to say who exactly had the largest influence, but ten of the best are as follows. The first figure of this group is Leonardo da Vinci, who lived in Italy and France during the mid-to-late-15th and early 16th Centuries. A well-known…

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci commonly known as Leonardo da Vinci he was one of the leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance. Who 's known for his enduring works like the "The Last Supper" and "Mona Lisa" he was the epitome of a Renaissance man, Some people even called him a universal genius ( www.biography.com ). Not only was Da Vinci a painter he was a sculptor an engineer he also was an inventor who studied the laws of science and nature an individual of unquenchable…

Dunstable Ramsay, later Dunstan, is an intriguing, multi-faceted character with a diverse array of specialties. Though these specialties and abilities do not come to Dunny naturally, he does well to teach himself the knowledge of saints and magic, which brings him to all new understandings of life and leads him to places which greatly determine the course of events in this novel. Dunny’s involvement and interconnectedness with all of the significances within the story are what make him an…

For the next eight or so pages, I will be writing some words about the importance of written word. We see the importance of written word emphasized in Benjamin Franklin and Frederick Douglass’ respective autobiographies, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself. Although the works are written from very distinct Early-American perspectives, there are homogenous key themes that can be drawn from the seemingly…

Medieval Medicine An exploration of medieval medicine and the effects of religion/superstition on medical practices. The medical learning and advancements of antiquity were suspended in their course during the middle ages (c 500 - 1500 C.E.). Knowledge of the Greco-Roman era was set aside as an intensely religious age dawned in Western Europe. As Christianity grew to prominence, disease began to be viewed as a punishment from God, caused by personal sin rather than an objective occurrence.…

Does life without medicine in today’s society, even seem possible? It doesn’t seem possible, but in 1350’s to the 1550’s in Europe diseases, and many other medical problems ravaged the people. This period of time is called the Renaissance or what others called the “re-birth”. It was during this time that cities in Europe just recently recovered from the Black Plague and were just starting to rebuild and regain the strength in their country. In addition to rebuilding their city, there was also…

The nature versus nurture debate is one that dates back to 1869, which is when the phrase “nature versus nurture” was first conceived by Francis Galton, an English Polymath. This debate speculates whether nature or nurture has the most effect on human beings when it comes to areas such as homosexuality, intelligence, and criminal behavior. Today, most people settle on one side of this eternal debate, and do so with proper explanations and evidence as to why their position is the correct position…

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, more commonly Leonardo da Vinci born April 15,1452 died May 2 1519. He was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention, painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He has been variously called the father of paleontology, ichnology, and architecture, and is widely considered one of the greatest painters of all time. Sometimes…

including a marvel like him. Born in Calcutta (7 May 1861- 7 August 1941), he considered himself a poet first before everything and thus the literary beauty Gitanjali is well justified to be affirmative of his poet prophet personality. He was a Bengali polymath with his interests lying in songs composition, poetry, paintings, sketches, etc. which left an indispensable mark on the culture of India. Being such an influential personality himself his writing speaks even further though he admits the…

Children born in a foreign country often times wander their identity between their two origins. They are often times encouraged to follow their family’s traditions while that might look odd within their peers. They may not experience what their peers does on holidays, what they eat at home, and what language they hear the most. Their names may sound strange for local people. Jhumpa Lahiri, the writer of the novel The Namesake, is also a child of immigrants in America. In the novel, Lahiri…