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The Swerve: How the World Became Modern - Community Reviews back

by Stephen Greenblatt, Edoardo Ballerini
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Clif's Book World
Clif's Book World rated it 13 years ago
This is a book about the philosophical epic poem De Rerum Natura ("On the Nature of Things") by Lucretius, written circa first century BC. It tells of its loss in Medieval times and later rediscovery during the Renaissance. The title, The Swerve, is used (in translation) by Lucretius to describe t...
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