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  2. Philomath - Wikipedia

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    The shift in meaning for mathema is likely a result of the rapid categorization during the time of Plato and Aristotle of their mathemata in terms of education: arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music (the quadrivium), which the Greeks found to create a "natural grouping" of mathematical (in the modern usage; "doctrina mathematica" in the ancient usage) precepts.

  3. Pantomath - Wikipedia

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    Pantomath is typically used to convey the sense that a great individual has achieved a pinnacle of learning, that an "automath" has taken autodidacticism to an endpoint. As an example, the obscure and rare term seems to have been applied to those with an astonishingly wide knowledge and interests by these two authors from different eras: Jonathan Miller has been called a pantomath, [2] as has ...

  4. List of people known as the Learned - Wikipedia

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    The Learned is an epithet which may refer to: Arngrímur Jónsson (1568–1648), Icelandic scholar and apologist; Coloman, King of Hungary (c. 1070–1116), also called the Book-Lover and the Bookish; Ferdinand VI (1713–1759), King of Spain; Jacob I the Learned, Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 1268 and 1286

  5. Hoi polloi - Wikipedia

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    You will learn what this school wants you to learn in my class, but if I do my job properly, you will also learn a great deal more. You will learn to savor language and words because they are the stepping stones to everything you might endeavor to do in life and do well. A moment ago I used the term 'hoi polloi.' Who knows what it means?

  6. Glossary of language education terms - Wikipedia

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    Students use vocabulary and concepts already learned to tell a story or describe an event. The teacher writes down the information they provide, and then uses the account to teach language, especially to develop reading skills. Language learning requirements To learn language, students have four needs: They must be exposed to the language.

  7. Bias - Wikipedia

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    Lookism is stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination on the basis of physical attractiveness, or more generally to people whose appearance matches cultural preferences. [95] [96] [97] Many people make automatic judgments of others based on their physical appearance that influence how they respond to those people. [98] [99]

  8. Polymath - Wikipedia

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    Type 3 people are polymathic from the outset and manage to juggle multiple careers simultaneously so that their creativity pattern is constantly varied. Type 4 creators are recognized early for one major talent (e.g., math or music) but go on to explore additional creative outlets, diversifying their productivity with age.

  9. Person - Wikipedia

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    A person (pl.: people or persons, depending on context) is a being who has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility.