Leonardo Da Vinci Did Not Take Received Wisdom - Whether From Ancient Classical Thinkers Or Medieval Scholars Or From The Bible - Without Questioning It. And This Was The Beginning Of The Scientific Method. This Is Another Lesson For Our Time: That When We Have Evidence That Contradicts A Certain Belief, We Should Be Willing To Change It. I Think This Made Leonardo, In Some Ways, A Person Who Better Understood The Beauty Of God's Creation Than A Person Who Just Takes All Received Wisdom From The Bible On Faith.

-Walter Isaacson

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Leonardo Da Vinci Did Not Take Received

Walter Isaacson

Leonardo Da Vinci Did Not Take Received Wisdom - Whether From Ancient Classical Thinkers Or Medieval Scholars Or From The Bible - Without Questioning It. And This Was The Beginning Of The Scientific Method. This Is Another Lesson For Our Time: That When We Have Evidence That Contradicts A Certain Belief, We Should Be Willing To Change It. I Think This Made Leonardo, In Some Ways, A Person Who Better Understood The Beauty Of God's Creation Than A Person Who Just Takes All Received Wisdom From The Bible On Faith.

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Thinking

Belief

Ancient

I Think That Notion Of Being A Seeker, Somebody Who Never Felt Totally Fulfilled, But Was Always Passionate About The Search, That Comes From The Background, Probably.

Thinking

Passionate

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