Topic: Renaissance man
Lily0923's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:11 PM
I've seen alot of profiles with this in it, and even dated a guy that called himself that... I have no idea what it means... any help?

By the by, any man I've met who called themselves this have been PSYCHO.

LVSteve's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:13 PM
Renaissance man

NOUN:

A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.

drinks

Cinderella75's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:15 PM
Edited by Cinderella75 on Mon 07/28/08 05:16 PM
Well I have been called a Renaissance woman several times by guys on here..but umm I am not Psycho..I guess it may just means a well rounded person.

egoodrich's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:16 PM
Lily, i'm just gonna copy/paste this from what i found online. it sounds a bit pretentious to me
ohwell





Renaissance Man and (less commonly) Homo Universalis are related terms to describe a person who is well educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields.[10][11] This ideal developed in Renaissance Italy from the notion expressed by one of its most accomplished representatives, Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72): that “a man can do all things if he will”. It embodied the basic tenets of Renaissance Humanism, which considered man the centre of the universe, limitless in his capacities for development, and led to the notion that men should try to embrace all knowledge and develop their own capacities as fully as possible. Thus the gifted men of the Renaissance sought to develop skills in all areas of knowledge, in physical development, in social accomplishments, and in the arts.

egoodrich's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:16 PM
Edited by egoodrich on Mon 07/28/08 05:17 PM
damned double posts!

Lily0923's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:17 PM

Renaissance man

NOUN:

A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.

drinks


I know webster's def. I'm wondering why they opt to call themselves this?

Lily0923's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:18 PM

Lily, i'm just gonna copy/paste this from what i found online. it sounds a bit pretentious to me
ohwell





Renaissance Man and (less commonly) Homo Universalis are related terms to describe a person who is well educated, or who excels, in a wide variety of subjects or fields.[10][11] This ideal developed in Renaissance Italy from the notion expressed by one of its most accomplished representatives, Leon Battista Alberti (1404–72): that “a man can do all things if he will”. It embodied the basic tenets of Renaissance Humanism, which considered man the centre of the universe, limitless in his capacities for development, and led to the notion that men should try to embrace all knowledge and develop their own capacities as fully as possible. Thus the gifted men of the Renaissance sought to develop skills in all areas of knowledge, in physical development, in social accomplishments, and in the arts.


Oh brother, they ARE psycho then I see.... slaphead

LouLou2's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:19 PM
Maybe the men who call themselves this are 'psycho', not because they are 'renaissance' men, but because they are a bit full of themselves...or somethingohwell?

Lily0923's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:20 PM

Maybe the men who call themselves this are 'psycho', not because they are 'renaissance' men, but because they are a bit full of themselves...or somethingohwell?


I'm going with your answer here... seems the most logical.flowers

writer_gurl's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:21 PM

Renaissance man

NOUN:

A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.

drinks


In other words BOOOOOORINGasleep

James1234567's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:22 PM

Maybe the men who call themselves this are 'psycho', not because they are 'renaissance' men, but because they are a bit full of themselves...or somethingohwell?


I can agree with thatdrinker

Lily0923's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:23 PM
That's like telling everyone you are a member of MENSA or a Rhodes Scholar or something.... give me a break.

LVSteve's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:23 PM


Renaissance man

NOUN:

A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.

drinks


I know webster's def. I'm wondering why they opt to call themselves this?


Brag about it ? Can you say "you're so vein"


Lily0923's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:23 PM



Renaissance man

NOUN:

A man who has broad intellectual interests and is accomplished in areas of both the arts and the sciences.

drinks


I know webster's def. I'm wondering why they opt to call themselves this?


Brag about it ? Can you say "you're so vein"




did you mean vain?

James1234567's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:27 PM
your soo vain, you probably think this post is about you

wraithme66's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:27 PM
To me... It means that they're educated, and experienced in a wide range of the spices of life.

James1234567's photo
Mon 07/28/08 05:28 PM
education in masterbation laugh laugh