The Swerve
by Steven Greenblatt
2011 / 363  pages
Rating –  9.5
This is the story of how Gian Poggio, a scholar of the 14th century,  came to find an ancient manuscript, “On the Nature of Things” written by Lucretius probably around 60BC.   Lucretius’  work is a treatise on Epicurean philosophy from the Roman   >>>> MORE >>>>