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Ruy Barbosa
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History & CivilizationsWho is Ruy Barbosa in the Agency editorial?
Ruy Barbosa was a Brazilian jurist, politician, diplomat and writer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Issue.23 names him once, as Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira, in a list of four polymaths the author says he was studying when he discovered the Homo Universalis.
In short
Ruy Barbosa (1849 to 1923) was a Brazilian jurist, politician, diplomat and writer. In the Agency editorial he appears only in Issue.23, in one sentence of the author's prose, under his full name, Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira. The author says he discovered the Homo Universalis while studying polymaths, and lists four: Leonardo Da Vinci, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Ada Lovelace and Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira. The edition says nothing else about him in particular; what follows in the paragraph describes the four together.
Key facts
- Who was Ruy Barbosa?
- A Brazilian jurist, politician, diplomat and writer who lived from 1849 to 1923. He represented Brazil at the peace conference held in The Hague in 1907.
- Where does the Agency editorial name Ruy Barbosa?
- Only in Issue.23, once, as Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira, in a list of four polymaths in the author's prose.
- What does Issue.23 say about him?
- Only that he is one of the polymaths the author was studying when he discovered the Homo Universalis. The description that follows applies to the four people of the list, not to him alone.
Who was Ruy Barbosa?
Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira was a Brazilian jurist, politician, diplomat and writer, born in 1849 and dead in 1923. He was Brazil's delegate at the peace conference of The Hague in 1907. These facts come from outside the edition and are marked for verification.
How does Ruy Barbosa appear in Issue.23?
Issue.23 names him in one sentence. The author writes that he discovered the Homo Universalis while studying polymaths like Leonardo Da Vinci, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Ada Lovelace and Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira. The paragraph then describes these people together, as those who understood that through discipline and curiosity they could develop any skill they needed to create what was born in their minds. The edition gives no further detail about Ruy Barbosa.
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