The 'polymath' had already died out by the close of the eighteenth century, and in the following century intensive education replaced extensive, so that by the end of it the specialist had evolved. The consequence is that today everyone is a mere technician, even the artist...
Dietrich BonhoefferAbout author
- Author's profession: Theologian
- Nationality: deutsch
- Born: February 4, 1906
- Died: April 9, 1945
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