Short Works · Character
Archimedes
Ancient Greek mathematician and inventor, cited as an example of focused expertise.
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First appearance: the enchiridion
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The subject of the anecdote, depicted as a man of intense intellectual focus, indifferent to bodily care and using his own anointed body as a surface for his diagrams.
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