Chapter 6 “The Swerve” 2-1-Q

   Chapter 6 of “The Swerve” talks about how “The nature of things” is more than just finding ancient text, it is more than that. It shows how this text created something for the modern world. It influenced the way of the Renaissance and the way the Renaissance was going.   “Books were not only the repository of the past; they were the engines of change, the drivers of the future.” The rediscovery of the “On the Nature of Things” drove the transition from a medieval outlook governed by religious beliefs to a more human-focused perspective. This showed that it is more than a simple person finding a random ancient text. This text held ideas that changed the Renaissance. 

  A connection to the world in this text is the fact that just one idea, poem, text, or book can have the power to change the world. I look at people like Martin Luther King who had a dream and went after it and he made a mark on history. 

 A question I have after reading this chapter is if there was other undiscovered text that had to do with the redirection of the renaissance?