The Swerve
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The Swerve
Stephen Greenblatt
7 people recommended it in 7 threads, 2011–2023.
What people on Hacker News said
A few years old but newly relevant - it made me think, are we at the dawn of a new renaissance or the breakdown of society?
The Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt (about the impact of the Roman poet Lucretius' poem On The Nature of Things--everything from the idea of the atom, Botticelli's Venus on the Half Shell to why Thomas Jefferson put "the pursuit of happiness" in the Declaration of Independence--and much more)
An ancient Roman manuscript that's rediscovered and helps set off the enlightenment and our modern culture.
Both very much in the sense of historical development of the religion.
Where it comes up
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