studioso

Definitions of studioso
  1. noun
    a person who uses the mind creatively
    synonyms: cultore, intellettuale
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    Aristotele
    one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
    Confucio
    Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)
    Renato Cartesio
    French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
    Epicuro
    Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
    Erasmo da Rotterdam
    Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)
    Immanuel Kant
    influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)
    Gottlieb Wilhelm Leibniz
    German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
    John Locke
    English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
    Platone
    ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)
    Pitagora
    Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
    Bertrand Arthur William Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
    Socrate
    ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
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    alchimista
    one who was versed in the practice of alchemy and who sought an elixir of life and a panacea and an alkahest and the philosopher's stone
    cervellone, cima, genio, ingegno, intelletto, intelligenza, mago, mente
    someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality
    savio
    a wise and trusted guide and advisor
    cultore, dotto, intellettuale, letterato
    a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
    incredulo, miscredente, scettico
    someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
    teorico
    someone who theorizes (especially in science or art)
    pensatore
    an important intellectual
    divinatore
    a person with unusual powers of foresight
    laureato
    a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
    arabista
    a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
    bibliografo
    someone trained in compiling bibliographies
    bibliofilo
    someone who loves (and usually collects) books
    classificatore
    a person who creates classifications
    radiestesista, radioestesista
    someone who claims to discover hidden knowledge with the aid of supernatural powers
    dottore
    a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
    futurista
    someone who predicts the future
    chiaroveggente, indovino, veggente
    someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge)
    storico, storiografo
    a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
    iniziato
    someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
    animatore, organizzatore
    a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise
    disfattista, pessimista
    a person who expects the worst
    filosofo, metafisico, pensatore
    a specialist in philosophy
    bambino prodigio, mostro, portento, prodigio
    an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration
    lettore
    a person who enjoys reading
    ragionatore
    someone who reasons logically
    guru
    a mentor in spiritual and philosophical topics who is renowned for profound wisdom
    teologo
    someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
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    anima, elemento, essere umano, individuo, microcosmo, persona, tipo, uomo
    a human being
  2. noun
    a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
    synonyms: cultore, dotto, intellettuale, letterato
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    Aristotele
    one of the greatest of the ancient Athenian philosophers; pupil of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great (384-322 BC)
    Confucio
    Chinese philosopher whose ideas and sayings were collected after his death and became the basis of a philosophical doctrine known a Confucianism (circa 551-478 BC)
    Renato Cartesio
    French philosopher and mathematician; developed dualistic theory of mind and matter; introduced the use of coordinates to locate a point in two or three dimensions (1596-1650)
    Epicuro
    Greek philosopher who believed that the world is a random combination of atoms and that pleasure is the highest good (341-270 BC)
    Erasmo da Rotterdam
    Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
    Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
    German philosopher whose three stage process of dialectical reasoning was adopted by Karl Marx (1770-1831)
    Immanuel Kant
    influential German idealist philosopher (1724-1804)
    Gottlieb Wilhelm Leibniz
    German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716)
    John Locke
    English empiricist philosopher who believed that all knowledge is derived from sensory experience (1632-1704)
    Niccolò Machiavelli
    a statesman of Florence who advocated a strong central government (1469-1527)
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician and philosopher and Jansenist; invented an adding machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of probability (1623-1662)
    Platone
    ancient Athenian philosopher; pupil of Socrates; teacher of Aristotle (428-347 BC)
    Pitagora
    Greek philosopher and mathematician who proved the Pythagorean theorem; considered to be the first true mathematician (circa 580-500 BC)
    Jean Jacques Rousseau
    French philosopher and writer born in Switzerland; believed that the natural goodness of man was warped by society; ideas influenced the French Revolution (1712-1778)
    Bertrand Arthur William Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)
    Socrate
    ancient Athenian philosopher; teacher of Plato and Xenophon (470-399 BC)
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    laureato
    a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)
    arabista
    a scholar who specializes in Arab languages and culture
    bibliografo
    someone trained in compiling bibliographies
    bibliofilo
    someone who loves (and usually collects) books
    dottore
    a person who holds Ph.D. degree (or the equivalent) from an academic institution
    storico, storiografo
    a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
    iniziato
    someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
    filosofo, metafisico, pensatore
    a specialist in philosophy
    lettore
    a person who enjoys reading
    teologo
    someone who is learned in theology or who speculates about theology
    cronista
    someone who writes chronicles
    esistenzialista
    a philosopher who emphasizes freedom of choice and personal responsibility but who regards human existence in a hostile universe as unexplainable
    letterato
    a man devoted to literary or scholarly activities
    moralista
    a philosopher who specializes in morals and moral problems
    filologo
    a humanist specializing in classical scholarship
    stoico
    a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno
    type of:
    cultore, intellettuale
    a person who uses the mind creatively
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