Chapter 10 2-1-Q In chapter 10 of “The Swerve” a detail from the chapter is the exploration of how ideas spread among thinkers in the Renaissance. Greenblatt talks about the poem’s view of the universe. How it focuses on the pursuit of pleasure, and its challenge of the fear of death resonated with and influenced many important people of that time. Another detail is how Poggio found a copy of “On the Nature of Things” in a German monastery. This finding was brought back into circulation work that had been lost for centuries. It also talks about how the idea began to challenge how people viewed the medieval world.  A…

During my explorations of making my podcast, I found out certain things about my major that I did not know about. In my podcast episode, I focus mainly on the writing track of English as that is the track I am on, as I am interested in Journalism. I talked a little bit about what I learned about the popular jobs that are among the English major. Learning about what most jobs English majors get into and learning about the decline in editors was something interesting I had learned. My Interview with the chief editor of the UNE student newspaper “The Bolt” gives insight into whether you want to double…

This chapter delves into how the poem “On the Nature of Things” began to spread through different cultures, philosophy and science. Greenblatt talked about how the poem challenged existing religious and philosophical set of beliefs, this led to promoting more of a human-centered worldview Greenblatt also discussed how thinkers like Giordano Bruna and Galileo were inspired by the view of the universe that the poem inspired. This chapter emphasizes the poem’s role in encouraging spirit of inquiry and skepticism.   A connection to the world I have is how certain writing today inspires the way people view the universe. For example an article people might read that might make them look…

 Chapter 7 dives into the role that Poggio Bracciolini had and the role of his work. As he discovered the manuscript of Lucretius’s “De Rerum Natura”. Poggio ended up using the knowledge he had of Lucretius to argue for a more flexible and practical approach to politics, implying that even in a seemingly predetermined world, individuals can shape their destiny through unexpected choices and actions. By the author emphasizing individual agency in Lucretius’ atomic theory, Poggio subtly advocates for humanist ideas that value personal thought and action over strict hierarchical systems. A connection to the world  in this chapter is how it implies that in a predetermined world we can…