My Work to become a polymath. ~ A very learned person.
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✔ A polymath is not necessarily a brain.
✔ A ploymath does not think of his or herself as being particularly smart, only curious. ✔ Curiosity and interest are the true motivation for work. ✔ The polymath makes lots of mistakes. ✔ Based on truthful self knowledge, shared intelligence and the advancement of both science and the arts. ✔ Polymaths like to take trips to book stores, both new and used. ✔ They like to build up their own libraries. ✔ They like to build meaningful web pages. ✔ Polymaths also like to play with computers, to make things. ✔ They are often artists, and musicians. ✔ Polymaths especially like to write. ✔ Polymaths always respect the opinions and the person of others, especially teachers. ✔ There is no greater ignorance than the presumption to look down on someone else. ✔ You can learn something from almost anybody. ✔ Polymaths have common sense. ✔ The polymath takes command of his or her own intellectual development from an early age, usually no later than high school, and continues to learn throughout life. ✔ Basically, the polymath lifestyle is one of confidently taking on interesting challenges. It is also one of balance and perspective, viewing things from different perspectives as well as keeping a fundamental sense of conscious purpose. ✔ Polymaths never act like you know everything, even if you think that you probably do. ✔ Expertise is by its very nature self-limiting. |
✔ The polymath tries to exercises all parts of the brain. ✔ Acquiring general knowledge, not essentially memorization although some ability to remember is required. ✔ The polymath is also a poet, a composer, an artist, or a novelist perhaps. ✔ The basic principle of intellectual freedom is to be able to buy any book you like. ✔ Polymaths strive for the freedom to read many kinds of difficult books. ✔ Perhaps this is why most polymaths prefer bookstores to libraries: many of the books they buy take a long time to work on, perhaps years. ✔ Polymaths do not like to be forced to do anything. ✔ They may be reading their own book in class instead of what the English teacher wants them to read. ✔ But they usually catch up on their school work in the nick of time because they read and write well. ✔ Polymaths often find what they are forced to learn in formal schooling to be trivial. ✔ Polymaths often try teaching. ✔ There is no better way to learn than to teach others. ✔ Polymathic people are often found hanging out in universities. ✔ Polymaths often find themselves in an entrepreneurial position. ✔ Many polymaths and other intellectuals are sub-optimal in terms of making money. ✔ The Polymath attempts realize our full potential. ✔ It is not only for the mind but for the soul. ✔ It is an advocate of sanity and rationality. ✔ It is also an advocate for the arts, for beauty and virtue, for truth and reason. |
1) Read the Encyclopedia for general knowledge.
2) Complete the Dewey Project.
3) Become a master in at least three areas.
10,000 hours of study in each area.
Be a Life Long Learner.
2) Complete the Dewey Project.
3) Become a master in at least three areas.
10,000 hours of study in each area.
Be a Life Long Learner.
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