There are people who know, it seems, everything in the world, can give an answer to any question, have an opinion on any subject. They are few, but they are. Envious people tease such a person with a know-it-all or a walking encyclopedia. And what are these people really called?
Sage
At a time when there was no Internet, telephone, telegraph, and books were "written" on the walls of the cave or on wooden planks, there lived a man who knew the answers to all questions. People came to him from all over the earth and asked, asked
.Why is the earth spinning? How many stars in the sky? What is the acceptable blood alcohol norm for a driver? Although no, the latter, perhaps, was not asked, but it does not matter. It is important that this person answered all questions in detail and sensibly and never said: "I don’t know." People were amazed and called this man a sage, that is, not just smart, but with the highest wisdom. In fact, man was not a sage, he simply possessed knowledge.
Encyclopedist
A person who has extensive and deep knowledge from various fields of science and knows life in all its manifestations is called an encyclopedist today. The encyclopedist, like the "walking encyclopedia", knows a lot of things. He is aware of the population of Bangladesh, what is the area of the smallest country in the world, Nauru, can instantly convert centners to hectares, he knows the diameter of an ostrich egg and how fast a female jaguar can run.
Scrabble
Very similar to the encyclopedist scholar. But, unlike the first, he not only uses the knowledge accumulated by his excellent memory, but is also able to instantly solve tasks. Not from the category of mathematics. A scholar can answer almost any question using knowledge plus logical thinking. Even if he is not 100% sure that the answer is correct, by eliminating the incorrect ones, he will “calculate” the correct answer.
Erudition is the depth and breadth of knowledge that arises as a result of the formation and comprehension of various sources. Scrabble is able to draw critical conclusions using deductive logic, and seeks to constantly expand his intellectual horizon.
