The genuine polymath is still one in a million

Despite the ease of modern research, few can ever hope to rival the deep, varied learning of Leonardo or Goethe

From magazine issue: 16 May 2020

Self-portrait by Leonardo da Vinci. Credit: Getty Images

issue 16 May 2020

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Philip Hensher

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