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Artist, engineer, and inventorIntellectual life1452–1519

Leonardo da Vinci

The Florentine artist and investigator worked for courts such as the Sforza in Milan and served Cesare Borgia as a military engineer. His notebooks record studies of anatomy, mechanics, hydraulics, and drawing.

Closest spectrum
Right
Closest ideology
Industrial Capitalism
Closest personality
Galileo Galilei
Portrait of Leonardo da Vinci
Wikimedia Commons / Biblioteca Reale di Torino

Political topics

Profile across mindedfolk

  • Structure

    Leaning · Federal
    Federal66%
    Unitary34%
  • Representation

    Leaning · Autocracy
    Democracy32%
    Autocracy68%
  • Power

    Leaning · Security
    Security58%
    Liberty42%
  • Immigration

    Leaning · Assimilation
    Assimilation66%
    Multiculturalism34%
  • Nationalism

    Leaning · Internationalist
    Internationalist69%
    Nationalist31%
  • Economy

    Leaning · Private
    Public28%
    Private72%
  • Free market

    Balanced
    Planning47%
    Free market53%
  • Religion

    Strong · Religious
    Irreligious26%
    Religious74%
  • Morality

    Leaning · Traditionalist
    Progressive29%
    Traditionalist71%
  • Technology

    Leaning · Technology
    Technology71%
    Biology29%

What sets Leonardo da Vinci apart

Most unusual position

Structure

Leonardo da Vinci leans further toward federal than 78% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.

Personality median 36Leonardo da Vinci 66

Of all the topics, Structure is where Leonardo da Vinci stands furthest from the rest.

Most common position

Power

On Power, Leonardo da Vinci sits practically at the catalog median.

Personality median 55Leonardo da Vinci 58

Here they share common ground with most personalities.