Inside the mind of Leonardo da Vinci
The Forum
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Leonardo Davinch - Is There a Common Thing?
martin davinch: leonardo saw knowledge of nature as a unified thing. He would not think of geology as separate from the human body. Soa he's often called a polymath, I say, in a way, he's a kind of monomath. Was he really so superhuman? Yes, i would say that at least their curiosity, the desire to ask questions is probably the most important, and probably timeless aspect of leonardo's genius. But let's also not forget that this was a process of self education, of develop men er, something that he has to become marinaer.
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