How to Become a Renaissance Man
Which skills should one focus on? The Renaissance men of the 17th century strove to increase their ability to defend themselves with a variety of weapons. play a variety of musical instruments and paint. debate politics and philosophy. advance knowledge and the sciences.
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Master the sciences, master the arts. Become a polymath and a polyglot.
A hacker and a pianist. An entrepreneur and a poet. A mathematician and a writer. An investor and an athlete. A physicist and a historian.
Embrace the Greco-Roman ideal of being a well-balanced man.
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