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* [[Christopher Lee]] also almost certainly counts. |
* [[Christopher Lee]] also almost certainly counts. |
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* This is, according to Confucius, the ideal state of a man, and has accordingly affected much of East Asia's cultural expectations of men. Ever wonder why there's a huge focus on study in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries? Confucius. There's also elements of the [[Warrior Poet]], as the Six Arts of the Gentlemen are Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy, and Mathematics. To a lesser extent Daoism also approves of gentlemanliness; the Chaotic to Confucianism's Lawful, if you will. |
* This is, according to Confucius, the ideal state of a man, and has accordingly affected much of East Asia's cultural expectations of men. Ever wonder why there's a huge focus on study in China, Japan, Korea and other East Asian countries? Confucius. There's also elements of the [[Warrior Poet]], as the Six Arts of the Gentlemen are Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy, and Mathematics. To a lesser extent Daoism also approves of gentlemanliness; the Chaotic to Confucianism's Lawful, if you will. |
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89milie_du_Ch%C3%A2telet Emilie du Châtelet] may have been a female version of this: a brilliant mathematician and physicist, she was also a woman of the world who was accepted by the heavily masculine milieu of European science, managed to seduce and keep two famous men as her lovers. Some people mocked her for her dedication to science, but she was never so crude as to take the bait. |
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* [[Jack Kirby]] fit this trope somewhat despite his humble roots and lack of formal education past high school. He was well spoken and had a wide range of interests, especially regarding religion and mythology. Author Ronin Ro's biography "Tales To Astonish" gives much insight into what kind of man Kirby was. There is much damning evidence that suggests that Kirby was the more talented half of the famous duo that created the Marvel Universe. |
* [[Jack Kirby]] fit this trope somewhat despite his humble roots and lack of formal education past high school. He was well spoken and had a wide range of interests, especially regarding religion and mythology. Author Ronin Ro's biography "Tales To Astonish" gives much insight into what kind of man Kirby was. There is much damning evidence that suggests that Kirby was the more talented half of the famous duo that created the Marvel Universe. |
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