Greenblatt transports listeners to the dawn of the Renaissance and chronicles the life of an intrepid book lover who rescued the Roman philosophical text On the Nature of Things from certain oblivion.
Philosophy, Renaissance
- Author:Greenblatt, StephenSummary:
- Author:Gottlieb, AnthonySummary:
In this landmark study of Western thought, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of our great thinkers, from the pre-Socratic age to the Renaissance, providing a fresh and vivid portrait of the human drive for understanding.