...referring back to the "Vacation Time" post , this wil be on the my Idealism
{...its not just the way i want things to be.}
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dealism to me, is being knowledgeable, cultured , while there have been many writings of these similar ideas , namely in one of my Aesthetics,Culture RJs and also Film Outing RJ abt what you want to tell the world,taking tickle test on what type of guy-featuring 'Renaissance Man' what i got, and everal findings, on the wicked' wikipedia and websites refer belowFrom the criterion of a Renaissance man who is;
sought to develop skills in all areas of knowledge, in physical development, in social accomplishments,and in the arts.
In so doing knowledge should be expanded thru education, traditional rigorous pedagogy though at times unconventional settings would be beneficial. 3.explore different methods in education,a liberal education,2. homeschooling, mentor-tutor^
The nature that knowledge be cultivated is to be holistic, "have broad interest or a superficial knowledge of several fields, but rather that his knowledge is profound"
2.compare this terms; Generalist to Specialist
Pysical Development thru athletics, sporting endevours, enrichment of the body, and fitness -"both mentally and physically. Being an accomplished athlete was considered integral and not separate from education and learning of there highest order."
Social acomplishments would be "... in addition to participating actively in the affairs of public life" applying these ideas to modern times, public servants ?
And the Arts by, aprreciation of Art in itself, or performing and expressing it, aesthetically. Leonardo DaVinci, my idolated figure or the archetype of the Renaissance ideal,Leon Battista Alberti was an "..was an architect, painter, poet"
2./3.explore Humanism in the Renaissance era
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3.http://alexpetrov.com/memes/hum/renaissance-man.html,the renaisance man and the idea of liberal education
^The arts or skills were "liberal" because they were liberating. That is, they freed their possessor from the ignorance that bound the uneducated.
