Renaissance man
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The Renaissance man, the father of the modern age, can claim all of us as successors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
Charles is at once a Renaissance man and a Luddite.
From Salon • Nov. 21, 2024
Now, the composer Joseph Boulogne would be hailed as a Renaissance man: artist, athlete, intellectual, soldier.
From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2024
“He was a true Renaissance man — he was fascinated by science and culture and would turn those passions into knowledge,” Peter McCallum said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023
He was, in truth, more of a Renaissance man than a modern scientist, and still thought in terms of vital forces, an abstract conception of perfection and spirits that kept the body alive.
From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin
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