Polymath

The book is a amalgamation of contributions of Novel Prize winner renowned economist Amartya Sen’s, glorious papers on public conversation and rational pluralism in Indian society that incorporate Indian history and uniqueness, culture, focusing on the custom public debates and intellectual pluralism. It is the perceptions of Indian culture, history, or individuality which is not inevitably distorted or discerning but also without having a clear scientific interpretation. The book is a coherent…

The Italian Renaissance is known to be a time accredited to most European success and due cultural change beginning in Italy dated from the early 14th century to the late 16th century (Queller 127). Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian Renaissance polymath, once said “Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen” (Goodreads Inc). A great example to explain the connection between Stanze per la Giostra and The Birth of Venus. The beauty of The…

well-known painting and what other masterpiece he did? “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” - Leonardo da Vinci (BrainyQuote.com n.d) Leonardo da Vinci is a writer, mathematician, inventor and also an artist. He is the very definition of ‘Polymath Renaissance Man’ which also means a universal man. After being documented, researchers found approximately 7000 pages of notes he left behind remain scattered, hidden, lost various collection of…

Michelangelo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo https://www.michelangelo.org/ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarotti Simoni was born on March 6,1475 in Caprese near Arezzo, Tuscany. Died on February 18, 1564 at the age of 88 in Papal States, Rome. He was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance born in the Republic of Florence who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. He was the first artist who was recognized during his life…

Raphael: a jack of all trades, a factotum, a polymath, or a Renaissance man? No matter how you describe him, he is known to be one of the fathers of Renaissance art and architecture and one of the best painters of his time. He is skilled in many areas but is this enough to consider him a true Renaissance man? According to the article The “Renaissance Man” In order to be known as a Renaissance man, he must have meet at least three criteria out of four. Raphael Sanzio da Urbino holds many of the…

computing devices to analog computers to digital computers. The first computer was built by Charles Babbage in 1822 that was used to calculate large numbers and was run on steam. According to Wikipedia (2016), “Charles Babbage, an English engineer and polymath, originated the original concept of a programmable computer. Considered the ‘father of the computer’, he conceptualized and invented the first mechanical computer in the early 19th century.” The original purpose of the computer was for…

In this paper, I will be analyzing and explaining the way that Hobbes and Rousseau’s ideas regarding the national condition of human beings differ. In my exegesis, I will be discussing how in Leviathan (ch. 13), Hobbes takes a stance regarding egoism, the idea that man always acts in their own interest. I will also be discussing the fact that Rousseau is fundamentally opposed to the ideas in which Hobbes presents. Rousseau believes that society taints the fundamental core beliefs of mankind. I…

of his time who was the most influential figure in Italian renaissance. Given the title “Renaissance man” he was the greatest artist in history, a magnificent philosopher, scientist, sculpture, mathematician and engineer. He was widely known as a polymath. This man was born in the Tuscan Hill town of Vinci in the territory known as Florence Italy on April 15th 1452. Leonardo Da Vinci was “born as a illegitamite son of Messer Piero Fruosno di Antonio da Vinci, a Florintine notary and to Caterina…

Athenian democracy was one of the first known democracies. Most of other Greek cities follow the Athenian model of democracy. Athenian democracy was a direct democracy. Direct democracy is a political system in which the people vote on legislation and executive bills in their own right and they do not elect the representatives to vote on their behalf. However, the participation in this activity was not open. Women, children, and slaves were not allowed to vote because they were not considered as…

Lomonosov’s interests were wide spread as was his influence. Beyond literature, Lomonosov had a great impact on science through his discoveries. He was a polymath and worked on many different areas including chemistry, physics, astronomy, meteorology, mineralogy, and metallurgy (Vernadsky 38). Most of his earlier career was focused physics and chemistry. His work in physics focused for a period on electricity where he did many experiments with Georg Wilhelm Richmann, a German at the Academy of…