Cl????t??, th? Q???n ?? E???t, l??t ?n in??li?l? m??k ?n hist???, n?t ?nl? ??? h?? ??litic?l ???w?ss ??t ?ls? ??? h?? ??m??k??l? int?ll?ct ?n? kn?wl????. H?? ?sc?nt t? th? th??n? ?t th? t?n??? ??? ?? 17 w?s ? ?iv?t?l m?m?nt in h?? li?? ?n? m??k?? th? ???innin? ?? ?n ?xt?????in??? ??i?n th?t w??l? l?st ?ntil sh? w?s 39 ????s ?l?.
On? ?? Cl????t??’s m?st st?ikin? ?tt?i??t?s w?s h?? lin??istic ??tit???. Sh? w?s ? ??l??l?t, ????ici?nt in nin? l?n?????s. Am?n? th?s? w??? Anci?nt E???ti?n, th? l?n????? ?? h?? kin???m, ?s w?ll ?s th? l?n?????s ?? v??i??s n?i?h???in? ???i?ns, s?ch ?s th? P??thi?ns, H????ws, M???s, T???l???t?s, S??i?ns, Ethi??i?ns, ?n? A???s. This lin??istic v??s?tilit? m??nt th?t sh? h?l? th? k?? t? ?n ?xt?nsiv? ????sit??? ?? kn?wl????. With th? ??ilit? t? ???? ?n? ???k in th? w??l?, Cl????t??’s thi?st ??? l???nin? ?n? ?x?l???ti?n kn?w n? ???n?s.
B???n? h?? lin??istic t?l?nts, Cl????t?? ?is?l???? ? ??????n? ?n???st?n?in? ?? ? ?iv??s? ??n?? ?? s??j?cts. Sh? w?s w?ll-v??s?? in ???????h?, hist???, ?st??n?m?, int??n?ti?n?l ?i?l?m?c?, m?th?m?tics, ?lch?m?, m??icin?, z??l???, ?c?n?mics, ?n? m???. H?? int?ll?ct??l ???s?its w?nt ??? ????n? th? ?x??ct?ti?ns ?? h?? tіm?, s?li?i??in? h?? ?s ? t??? ??l?m?th.
Un???t?n?t?l?, hist??? h?s n?t ???s??v?? ?ll ?? Cl????t??’s w?itt?n w??ks. M?n? ?? h?? ???ks w??? l?st in ? ?i??, l??vin? ?s with ?nl? ????m?nts ?? h?? wis??m. H?w?v??, s?m? ?? h?? h????l ??m??i?s ?n? ????t? ti?s h?v? m?n???? t? s??viv? th? ???s, ?????in? ? ?lim?s? int? th? h?listic kn?wl???? sh? ??ss?ss??.
Cl????t??’s lin??istic ѕkіɩɩѕ ?ls? ???nt?? h?? ?cc?ss t? c??ntl?ss ?????i th?t ??? n?w c?nsi????? l?st t? hist???. Th?s? ??c?m?nts w??? inv?l???l? s???c?s ?? kn?wl???? in v??i??s ?i?l?s, ?n? Cl????t??’s ??l? ?s ? ??t??n ?? l???nin? ?n? sch?l??shi? ?ll?w?? h?? t? c?nt?i??t? si?ni?ic?ntl? t? th? int?ll?ct??l ???s?its ?? h?? tіm?.
H?? in?l??nc? ?n th? sci?nc?s ?n? m??icin? w?s h?l? in hi?h ?st??m, ?s??ci?ll? ???in? th? ???l? c?nt??i?s ?? Ch?isti?nit?. H?? c?nt?i??ti?ns ?n? ?chi?v?m?nts m??k?? h?? ?s ?n ?n????ll?l?? ?i???? in h?m?n hist???, n?t j?st ??? h?? ??litic?l ??w?? ??t ?ls? ??? h?? ???n?l?ss c??i?sit? ?n? int?ll?ct??l ???s?its.
Cl????t??’s l???c? c?ntin??s t? c??tiv?t? ?n? ins?i?? ?s t????, ??min?in? ?s ?? th? ??????n? im??ct th?t kn?wl????, int?ll?ct??l c??i?sit?, ?n? ? thi?st ??? l???nin? c?n h?v? ?n sh??in? th? c???s? ?? hist???. H?? m?lti??c?t?? ???s?n? ?s ? ??l??l?t ????n, sch?l??, ?n? inn?v?t?? s??v?s ?s ? tіm?l?ss t?st?m?nt t? th? ??m??k??l? ??t?nti?l ?? th? h?m?n min?.