The only "trad" concept I fully respect is the "man of the world" archetype. In old literature, a remarkable man was interested in the arts, music, dance, writing, fashion, physicality, speaking, flirting, etc. Having a broad palate for life. A taste for and love of many things.
this is what true scholarship looks like. if your academics do not discourse like that, it is a sign they are merely strivers wearing their diplomas and titles as a skinsuit. they have captured the academia and the research is suffering for it.