Checking out Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini (1380-1459). The rediscoverer of Lucretius' 1st century BC manuscript 'De rerum natura' (English: On the Nature of Things).
Sowhat? A little patience please, I almost finished reading Greenblatt, 'The Swerve: How the World Became Modern' (2011).
Lucretius? Yes, the one who explained 4th century BC epicurean philosophy to a Roman audience. You remember Epicurus, right?
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