The Swerve: How The World Became Modern - Stephen Greenblatt

A short summary of The Swerve:

How Poggio Bracciolini re-discovered Lucretius work "On The Nature Of Things"

"There is nothing that exists so great or marvelous that over time mankind does not admire it less and less."

How much do you know about the beginning of the Renaissance?

Have you ever wondered how much knowledge we lost?

A great theory about the catalyst of the Renaissance.

Well-researched and logically laid out.

Easy to read, despite the complexity of the topic.

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