Villa Council Presents: Lucretius and the Toleration of Intolerable Ideas

The Villa Council Presents: Lucretius and the Toleration of Intolerable Ideas A lecture presented by Stephen Greenblatt How does one take in concepts that are initially alien or offensive? Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stephen Greenblatt considers why and how Lucretius' great poem "On the Nature of Things"--the core ideas of which were utterly repugnant to the Christian culture of Renaissance Europe--eluded the period's tight web of censorship and repression, playing a crucial role in an age in love with beauty. Further details: http://www.getty.edu/museum/programs/... Love Art? Hit Subscribe! (https://www.youtube.com/user/gettymus...)