The Polymath
Peter Burke • Yale University Press • ISBN-13 978‑0300252088
The Polymath
Peter Burke • Yale University Press
ISBN-10: 0300252080 · ISBN-13: 978‑0300252088
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From Leonardo Da Vinci to Oliver Sacks: the first history of the western polymath, from the Renaissance to the present"An absorbing group portrait and intell
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Publisher: Yale University Press
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Author: Peter Burke
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Inferred: Cultural HistoryInferred: EnlightenmentInferred: Renaissance HumanismInferred: Renaissance StudiesInferred: Universal ScholarInferred: Interdisciplinary StudiesInferred: History Of IdeasInferred: Biographical Study
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Influences: Jacob Burckhardt, Michel Foucault
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