A scholar is a person instructed in multiple sciences, arts or techniques and who knows them extensively.
The term scholar derives from the concept of erudition, a word from the Latine that refers to the knowledge that a person possesses about multiple knowledge or subjects.
A scholarly individual often depends on the socio-historical context. Formerly, the scholar was that subject understood about the sciences and the arts at the same time, with a wide knowledge and capacity for analysis and reflection. Scholars were often synonymous with humanists, members of an intellectual movement that took place during the Renaissance (originating in the 14th century) and who shared traits of anthropocentrism or a view that everything revolves around man and the dominance of man. diverse sciences and subjects of study such as biology, anatomy, architecture, language, philosophy and others in the search for a more human spirituality.
Over the centuries, the term scholar began to be associated with other types of individuals. A scholar can be today a person learned in any subject, both scientific and social, technological or even informal. The scholar does not necessarily have to have knowledge about many subject areas, but to know one of them in depth and be able to transmit it with ease and doctrine. Scholars are often referred to when referring to artists as writers who, without precisely having knowledge of science or techniques, demonstrate a great sense of word and letter skills.
So, if normally a scholar is a cultured or enlightened person on various topics, who can actively reflect and propose correct and well-founded conclusions on them, a scholar can also be called simply that person who, without having scientific or formal knowledge about a area of study, can critically inquire and approach hypotheses on social, moral, ethical or aesthetic issues.
Through time many characters have been considered scholars. Among them, Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci, Erasmus of Rotterdam, William Shakespeare and hundreds of others.
