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Posted: May 23 2012 at 10:59pm | IP Logged Quote Erin
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The Greek term ‘polymath’ referred to a person who had expertise in a number of different
subject areas. Is there a more contemporary figure that you believe deserves this term?
What specific contributions has this figure made to his or her fields of research?


Ds17 is entering an essay competition at his sister's Liberal Arts College (aiming at Gr 11 & 12 students). He has chosen the above topic to write 2500 words.

Ds is keen to write about JP2 but we haven't done alot of research on him Could it be said that JP2 has made specific contributions to his field of research? If so, we'd love some pointers to start us on our way, much thanks

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Posted: May 24 2012 at 8:05am | IP Logged Quote stefoodie
I don't know if this is what you mean but I would say JPII's Theology of the Body is a major contribution.

a list of JPII's works on Amazon

his Theology of the Body audiences

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Posted: May 24 2012 at 9:40am | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
stefoodie wrote:
I don't know if this is what you mean but I would say JPII's Theology of the Body is a major contribution.

a list of JPII's works on Amazon

his Theology of the Body audiences




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Posted: May 24 2012 at 8:14pm | IP Logged Quote Erin
Hoping so, we've been googling to see if JP2 comes up as a polymath, however haven't found him on a list yet.

Famous polymaths such as Leonardo da Vinci are fewer these days. Leonardo was an artist, sculptor, mathematician, inventor, many 'strings' in many subject areas.

we're trying to argue that JP2 had many strings too. His contributions to theology, meditation, poetry, history/politics, The question is, are these contributions (and whatever else we don't know of yet) enough to qualify him as a polymath? Anyone know?

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Posted: May 24 2012 at 8:26pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
He was also a playwright and actor, apparently quite a good one but gave it up to become a priest.

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Posted: May 24 2012 at 8:31pm | IP Logged Quote CrunchyMom
I think so. He played such a huge role politically in the fall of communism.

You know who you might contact regarding this would be George Weigel. Not sure of the best way to contact him, but I can try to find out for you.

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He re-energized the youth of the Catholic Church by promoting and attending World Youth Days.

He also made many, many papal visits to countries around the world, and was a respected world leader and diplomat.

If you can't get in touch with George Weigel, his bios of Pope John Paul II are excellent (there are two volumes; the second deals with his funeral and the election of Pope Benedict, but also includes useful info on Pope John Paul II's papacy and legacy).

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