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iread2much
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This book wanders a bit and I don‘t know that I believe the authors assertion that the specific poem that the book focuses on has as much of an impact as the authors claims, but it is well written and interesting.
The book follows the life of a papal secretary who rediscovered and made available through his copies a book the author claims jump started modern science and thought.
2.5/5 interesting and well written but weak in arguments sometimes

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allenac87
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An excellent telling of how the world recovered past knowledge, that ultimately led to an age of enlightenment

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CaseyMoore
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Current book pile

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Angeles
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Still going in my epicurean phase🤗😀. Amazingly I am enjoying this so far. Found a podcast of folks discussing the poem and I am trying to follow along.

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iread2much
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Hi @Kaila-ann @Hestapleton @EadieB these are my choices for our group read. Which would you prefer to read? They have all been on my shelf a long time and this will finally force me to read them 😊

Kaila-ann Any of the bottom three sound good to me 😊 4y
Hestapleton I‘m voting for the Alison Weir (God I‘m a sucker for Tudor history) or the Mary Roach! 4y
EadieB I vote for the Mary Roach book. 4y
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iread2much Looks like it‘s Mary Roach for the win @Kaila-ann @Hestapleton @EadieB 4y
Kaila-ann Sounds good to me 😁 4y
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CarolynM
Nature of Things | Lucretius
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Close up of the Loeb Classics for @GlassAsDiamonds It was easier than typing out the names in a comment 😂

GlassAsDiamonds Oohhh! SERIOUS LOEBS!! 😻😻😻😻 As as result of picky teachers, I‘m firmly on the green side but always look longingly at the Romans. 😊 5y
CarolynM @GlassAsDiamonds I have to confess they are my husband's books. He had a little phase of learning Latin but has never tried to learn Greek (not yet, anyway) (edited) 5y
GlassAsDiamonds @CarolynM 😂😂 I strictly stick to the English side of the page!!! I toy with trying to learn Latin every once and a while... it usually goes nowhere 😂🤦🏻‍♀️😂 5y
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