by Stephen Greenblatt
The story of how Lucretius', The Nature of Things, was found and brought to the modern world. At times it was over my head. I had to re-read some paragraphs to understand what was being said. I liked the synopsis of Lucretius' work. I also liked learning about the time of three popes. Interesting bu...
I really enjoyed this book, but I also felt slightly disappointed. I'm not very familiar with the Renaissance or many of the movements discussed -- humanism, atomism, Epicureanism, and it was fascinating. But I felt that Greenblatt's concentration on the impact of De Rerum Naturum on a few selected ...
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