Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
- He had a keen eye and quick mind that led him to make important scientific discoveries, yet he never published his ideas.
- He was a gentle vegetarian who loved animals and despised war, yet he worked as a military engineer to invent advanced and deadly weapons.
- He was one of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance, yet he left only a handful of completed paintings.
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