Crossword-Solution: POLYMATHS
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Hint 1 meaning
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Hint 2 anagram
AEAR
Hint 3 another clue
CERTAIN BRAIN SIZE
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Sentences with POLYMATHS (2)
Hence, on the one hand, there appeared works on universal history by Greek polymaths, such as Hecataeus of Abdera, Theophrastus, the pupil of Aristotle, and Ptolemy, the comrade of Alexander; and, on the other hand, a number of national histories were written, also in Greek, but by Hellenized natives, such as the Chaldaica of Berosus, the Aegyptiaca of Manetho, and the Phoenician chronicles of Dius and Menander.
Thomas Ruddiman, philologist, grammarian, printer, and librarian of the Advocates' Library,--one of the few Scottish polymaths over and above the Admirable Crichton and George Buchanan,--and James Ross the lawyer.
Quotes with POLYMATHS (3)
To present a whole world that doesn’t exist and make it seem real, we have to more or less pretend we’re polymaths. That’s just the act of all good writing.
The purpose of having the orphans study all these diverse fields was not for them to just become geniuses, but to become polymaths — meaning they would be geniuses in a wide variety of fields.
Russell commented that the development of such gifted individuals (referring to polymaths) required a childhood period in which there was little or no pressure for conformity, a time in which the child could develop and pursue his or her own interests no matter how unusual or bizarre.
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Appears in: NYT.
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