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Definition of Polymathy
1. n. The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning.
Definition of Polymathy
1. Noun. The knowledge of many arts and sciences; variety of learning. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Polymathy
1. [n -THIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymathy
Literary usage of Polymathy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1899)
"It is possible," says Socrates, ' that philosophers are not, as our argument
makes them out, vicious and useless, and that philosophy is not polymathy and ..."
2. A History of Greek Philosophy from the Earliest Period to the Time of Socrates by Eduard Zeller (1881)
"1 In this sense, as has been previously remarked, we musí understand the sayings
of Heracleitus against polymathy, supra, vol. i. 510, 4 ; 336, 5. ..."
3. Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession by Henry Ebenezer Handerson, Johann Hermann Baas (1889)
"In one direction, however, the realistic h century differed considerably from
our own: the former inclined to polymathy, latter tends to specialism. ..."
4. History of Modern Philosophy by Kuno Fischer (1887)
"In his deep aversion to the learning of the schools and polymathy, ... which has
beea spoiled by polymathy, and an undiscriminating search for knowledge. ..."
5. The Readable Dictionary: Or, Topical and Synonymic Lexicon: Containing by John Williams (1860)
"polymathy is a knowledge of many arts and sciences, (poly, many.) MATURUS, ripe.
Der., Mature, Maturity, Maturation, Immature, Premature. ..."
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