Renaissance Man

Gene Kelly ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 404-447
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In his philosophical writings, Coleridge increasingly developed his thinking about imagination, a symbolizing precursor to contemplation, to a theory of contemplation itself, which for him occurs in its purest form as a manifestation of ‘Reason’. Coleridge is a particularly challenging figure because he was a thinker in process, and something of an omnimath, a Renaissance man of the Romantic era. The dynamic quality of his thinking, the ‘dark fluxion’ pursued but ultimately ‘unfixable by thought’, and his extensive range of interests make essential an approach that is philosophical yet also multi-disciplinary. This is the first collection of essays to be written mainly by philosophers and intellectual historians on a wide range of Coleridge’s philosophical writings. With a foreword by Baroness Mary Warnock, and original essays on Coleridge and Contemplation by prominent philosophers such as Sir Roger Scruton, David E. Cooper, Michael McGhee, and Andy Hamilton, this volume provides a stimulating collection of insights and explorations into what Britain’s foremost philosopher-poet had to say about the contemplation that he considered to be the highest of the human mental powers. The essays by philosophers are supported by new developments in philosophically minded criticism from Coleridge scholars in English departments, including Jim Mays, Kathleen Wheeler, and James Engell. They approach Coleridge as an energetic yet contemplative thinker concerned with the intuition of ideas and the processes of cultivation in self and society. Other essays, from intellectual historians and theologians, clarify the historical background, and ‘religious musings’, of Coleridge’s thought regarding contemplation.


2010 ◽  
Vol 43 (03) ◽  
pp. 585
Author(s):  
William L. Rosenberg

Dr. Edward W. Arian, a renaissance man. He navigated two very successful careers, one as a world class professional musician and one as a political scientist. In addition to his family, which was most important to him, these were the other important components of his life.


Author(s):  
Jonathan Sauder ◽  
Yan Jin

Students are frequently trained in a variety of methodologies to promote their creativity in the collaborative environment. Some of the training and methods work well, while others present challenges. A collaborative stimulation approach is taken to extend creative cognition to collaborative creativity, providing new insights into design methodologies and training. An experiment using retrospective protocol analysis, originally conducted to identify the various types of collaborative stimulation, revealed how diversity of past creative experiences correlates with collaborative stimulation. This finding aligns with previous research. Unfortunately, many current engineering design education programs do not adequately provide opportunities for diverse creative experiences. As this study and other research has found, there is a need to create courses in engineering design programs which encourage participation in diverse creative activities.


2017 ◽  
Vol 83 (5) ◽  
pp. 765-773
Author(s):  
Karel D. Capek ◽  
Guillermo Foncerrada ◽  
R. Patrick Clayton ◽  
Michaela Sljivich ◽  
Charles D. Voigt ◽  
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1985 ◽  
Vol 99 (2) ◽  
pp. 499
Author(s):  
Robert F. Drinan ◽  
Richard Marius
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M/C Journal ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ric Masten

Slice and boil the one that got away the one that would play the lead in the Squash that Ate Chicago... the monster that always has the crowd wild eyed and screaming my god! is that really      A zucchini.      Strain off the water      Adding one bouillon cube (any kind)      and one tablespoon of olive oil      Puree and serve hot and steaming      with a slug of cold sour cream   dumped into the center of each portion.      Top with a sprinkle of dill seed,      salt and season to taste. and now let us praise the chef the only artist whose creative work must speak to every sense the literary labors of Shakespeare are immense feeding and filling the soul... but a steady diet of language leaves the stomach growling and although it would garnish your life and delight your eye a garden salad by Picasso would be as tasty as old canvas and varnish and whatever the sculpture Rodin might put on the table would be a masterpiece for sure but nothing you could get your teeth into no doubt the sound of a string quartet is more uplifting than the sizzle of bacon in a pan but by intermission a sweaty musician doesn't smell as good the fine art of cookery demands the heart hand and eye of a complete renaissance man and as always muttering into her napkin counterpoint to this my wife:  "Why is it when a woman   cooks a meal it is just a meal   but when a man   cooks a meal   it's such a big big deal!" Citation reference for this article MLA style: Ric Masten. "Killer Zucchini." M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 2.7 (1999). [your date of access] <http://www.uq.edu.au/mc/9910/zucchini.php>. Chicago style: Ric Masten, "Killer Zucchini," M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 2, no. 7 (1999), <http://www.uq.edu.au/mc/9910/zucchini.php> ([your date of access]). APA style: Ric Masten. (1999) Killer zucchini. M/C: A Journal of Media and Culture 2(7). <http://www.uq.edu.au/mc/9910/zucchini.php> ([your date of access]).


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