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timj219 · 10-18-2012, 01:16 PM

"The Swerve, How the World Became Modern" by Stephen Greenblatt
Describes the "discovery" in the 1500s of ancient pagan roman and greek texts - and specifically the rational humanist philosophy - and how those texts and that philosophy influenced the renaissance.

10-18-2012, 01:16 PM	#2119
timj219 Feeling at Home Join Date: Jun 2010 First Name: Tim Location: Binghamton, NY Posts: 699 Trading: (15)	Re: What are you reading? "The Swerve, How the World Became Modern" by Stephen Greenblatt Describes the "discovery" in the 1500s of ancient pagan roman and greek texts - and specifically the rational humanist philosophy - and how those texts and that philosophy influenced the renaissance. __________________ "All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?" Omar Khayyam