Stephen Greenblatt · 2012
A cultural history arguing that the Renaissance rediscovery of Lucretius's ancient atomist poem catalyzed modern scientific thought.
Ada Palmer notes that it explains how ancient materialist science helped drive historical change.
A speaker recommends a book written by someone else.
“Many people are familiar with Greenblatt's book, The Swerve, which accredits a lot of change to the materialist science that this poem articulates. There's a much more complex story, which you know is told in my book, which refers to Greenblatt's.”
Why: Provides a more detailed perspective on the materialist science of the period.
Ada Palmer, Guest on Dwarkesh PodcastWhy Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer
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The Prince
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Aeropagitica
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Discussed together in: Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer (Dwarkesh Podcast)
Inventing the Renaissance
Ada Palmer
Discussed together in: Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer (Dwarkesh Podcast)
Paradise Lost
John Milton
Discussed together in: Why Leonardo was a saboteur, Gutenberg went broke, and Florence was weird – Ada Palmer (Dwarkesh Podcast)