#7days7books that had an impact on me. A two for one deal, because... (no explanations allowed, just read them and you‘ll figure it out).
#CatherineNixey #TheDarkeningAge #StephenGreenblatt #TheSwerve
Bill Nye‘s book made me think of this quote in relation to a documentary I once watched called “Jesus Camp.” If you ever get the chance to see it, it‘s truly astounding. This boy who is homeschooled by his Uber Christian parents says “I think Galileo did the right thing by giving up science for Jesus. His parents are very anti science and this is what they have taught him about Galileo. No wonder these people also don‘t like history.
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I didn‘t think I was going to like this one as much as I liked The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, but I was completely wrong. This is a completely different book, with a completely different feel to Adam and Eve, but it is equally as wonderful and amazing. I inhaled it in two days.
(Full review in comments)
#stephengreenblatt #theswerve
This is probably why writers are also readers...and always have been.
#theswerve #stephengreenblatt #readers #writers #thinkers
It‘s amazing how truth stays true, no matter how old it is.
#theswerve #stephengreenblatt #humanhistory
2,100 years after it was written, it is still profound true - possibly even more so.
#theswerve #stephengreenblatt #humanhistory
You can thank the humanists you can read your book (and this post). Prior to humanism‘s focus on the humanities and reading classical literature, writing looked like the first picture. Good luck reading that (yes, that‘s actually words). Humanist script actually looks shocking like like Times font that is still on your computer today.
#humanism #stephengreenblatt #theswerve