Most great polymaths and geniuses historically were the product of high-quality aristocratic tutoring and personalized education by master teachers, not just genetic ability, and the democratization of education inadvertently reduced access to this type of intensive mentorship, making it harder to develop integrated polymathic thinking in modern times.
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Daniel SchmachtenbergerEvidence Quote
“most of the great polymaths the super Geniuses were the result of aristocratic tutoring high quality aristocratic tutoring and that host the kind of modernity and Democratic Reformation of the world there was no aristocratic tutoring of the same kind [0:24:45]”
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Daniel Schmachtenberger – Developing a Deeper Understanding of Life— Deep Transformation PodcastCreated: 8/13/2026, 10:22:48 AM
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