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Encyclopedia > Universal genius

Universal Genius is a term used by the Hypatia Society [1] for a person "with extraordinary mastery in several different areas of human endeavor as shown through works and accomplishments".


Examples

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (also von Leibni(t)z) (July 1 (June 21 Old Style) 1646, Leipzig – November 14, 1716, Hanover) was a German polymath, deemed a universal [1] genius in his day and since. ... Leonardo da Vinci ( Vinci, Italy, April 15, 1452 — May 2, 1519, Cloux, Amboise, France [1]) was an Italian Renaissance polymath: an architect, anatomist, sculptor, engineer, inventor, geometer, musician, and painter. ... Portrait of Galileo Galilei by Giusto Sustermans. ... Friedrich Heinrich Alexander, Baron von Humboldt, (September 14, 1769, Berlin–May 6, 1859, Berlin), was a German naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt. ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. ... Sir Isaac Newton, PRS, (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) [OS: 25 December 1642 – 20 March 1727] was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher who is generally regarded as one of the most influential scientists in history. ...

See also

For other uses of Hypatia, see Hypatia (disambiguation). ... A genius is a person with distinguished mental prowess. ...

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Genius of Universal Emancipation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (469 words)
The Genius of Universal Emancipation was an abolitionist newspaper, founded in 1821 in Mount Pleasant, Ohio by Benjamin Lundy.
The Genius ran from 1821 to 1839 under Lundy's editorship.
In 1839, Lundy revived the Genius and printed one more issue before he died of a fever on August 22, 1839.
Quotations on Genius (5498 words)
Genius is, in its essence, nothing but the full completion of the idea of a man, and, therefore, every man ought to have some quality of it, and it should be regarded as a possible principle for every one.
Genius is something which 'men of genius' take upon themselves; it is the greatest exertion and the greatest pride, the greatest misery and the greatest ecstasy to a man. A man may become a genius if he wishes to.
Man in his highest form, the genius, has such a relation, and for him the absolute is either the conception of the highest worth of existence, in which case he is a philosopher; or it is the wonderful fairyland of dreams, the kingdom of absolute beauty, and then he is an artist.
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