For all of his scientific erudition, Eiseley has a poetic, even cinematic, imagination. "Geist" could now refer to the quality of intellectual brilliance, to wit, innovation, erudition, etc. Although marked by erudition and great learning, his work tended toward the portentous and overblown. Von Wowern lists erudition, literature, philology, philomathy and polyhistory as synonyms. Taneyev was also a scholar of notable erudition. His contemporaries Pope Urban II and Gallus Anonymus were aware of Coloman's "uncommon erudition". Consciously or unconsciously he has left traces of all his erudition, his spirit and learning. Cudworth plunges into the history of atomism with vast erudition. In content, however, all this literature continues to bear the imprint of Byzantine erudition. He was known for his Torah erudition and his warmth and concern for his students. Foote's drawl and erudition made him a favorite. His erudition amazed Friedrich Nietzsche when the two met. Kolmogorov gained a reputation for his wide-ranging erudition. The effect of Theodore's erudition on a budding naturalist of ten was enormous. It consists in a complete encyclopedia of classical erudition.