![]() ![]() Apart from a few odds and ends and secondhand reports, all that was left of the whole rich tradition was contained in that single work. What is astonishing is that one magnificent articulation of the whole philosophy-the poem whose recovery is the subject of this book-should have survived. Located in a German monastery, Bracciolini found the last surviving manuscript of Lucretius’ poem On The Nature Of Things, which had been lost for more than a thousand years. And one of his finds would significantly alter the course of history. He was, perhaps, the greatest book hunter in the world. ![]() In The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, Stephen Greenblatt tells the story of the most important person you’ve probably never heard of: Poggio Bracciolini.Īlthough Bracciolini’s contribution to society can’t be measured directly, we feel the effects of it to this day. ![]()
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