Associations to the word «Polyhistor»

Wiktionary

POLYHISTOR, noun. Someone gifted or learned in multiple disciplines.
POLYHISTOR, noun. A universal scientist (generally in use to describe such a person when the term philosophy meant the entire summation of all scientific knowledge; i.e., generally from the ancient Greeks into the eighteenth century.)

Wise words

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Robert Burton