July 4, 2019
When Christians banned other religions and philosophies in the late 4th century, Plato and Aristotle, pagans who believed in the immortality of the soul, could ultimately […]
June 28, 2019
Let’s get deep into some Lucretius, the Roman Epicurean philosopher poet. Today I want to read from “On the Nature of Things”. * As our Alexander […]
June 24, 2019
In 1417, Poggio made the greatest discovery of his career – Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura, aka “On The Nature Of Things”, the last surviving copy of […]
June 7, 2019
So back to January 1417. Poggio made a number of book hunting trips that winter. So he must have had a lot of funding from back […]