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Definition of Polymaths
1. polymath [n] - See also: polymath
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymaths
Literary usage of Polymaths
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1916)
"They belong to the period of the humanists and polymaths and they lived on the
appetite for new things which was only hampered by the mutual jealousy of ..."
2. The Papacy and the Levant (1204-1571). by Kenneth M. Setton (1984)
"Five letters, for example, are extant addressed to Giovanni Vincenzo
Pinelli (1535-1601), one of the great polymaths of his age, whose friendship was
sought ..."
3. Harvard Lectures on Greek Subjects by Samuel Henry Butcher (1904)
"... Aristotle, all speak in similar depreciatory terms of mere ' polymaths ' —
men of multifarious learning, untouched by .the quickening force of reason. ..."
4. Greek Literature (1912)
"Other civilizations and other ideals of life have had their polymaths and
systematizing philosophers to sum them up, ..."
5. Adventure Guide Inside Passage & Coastal Alaska by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Father Ivan (later Bishop, later Metropolitan) was one of those great polymaths
that the 19th century seemed to produce. He ran the church, ran the school, ..."
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