Essential works of Erasmus:edited and with an introd. by W.T.H. Jackson.
Erasmus, Desiderius, 1536.
Essential works of Erasmus:edited and with an introd. by W.T.H. Jackson. - Bantam matrix edition. Basic works of the great humanist,each complete and unabridged. - New York, Bantam Books 1965 - ill.;v,18 cm,464 p. It includes chronological table (p.25) : based on P.S Allen, Erasmus, Lectures and Wayfaring Sketches, pp.x-xii. - Bantam matrix editions/ Bantam Classics .
Translated from the Latin.
Includes bibliographical references p.447-464
Erasmus, a true child of the Renaissance, wrote with a brilliance seldom equalled in the history of letters. His withering catalogue of human follies and vanities is still just as timely as it was over four centuries ago. A master stylist, famed for his elegant prose, he was also a great humanist, who believed in the ultimate triumph of reason over stupidity and prejudice. His most favous work, "The Praise of folly", is a dazzling disply of his supreme gift for irony, parody and satire. His "Colloquies" are a witty and far-ranging demonstration not only of Erasmus' own ideas on crucial questions, but of the basic thinking of his time. His "Letters" offer a fascinating personal view of such famous Renaissance figures as Sir Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Pope Leo X, and Martin Luther
Erasmus, Desiderius 1536 Translations into English.
Philosophy.
879 Jac/Ess
Essential works of Erasmus:edited and with an introd. by W.T.H. Jackson. - Bantam matrix edition. Basic works of the great humanist,each complete and unabridged. - New York, Bantam Books 1965 - ill.;v,18 cm,464 p. It includes chronological table (p.25) : based on P.S Allen, Erasmus, Lectures and Wayfaring Sketches, pp.x-xii. - Bantam matrix editions/ Bantam Classics .
Translated from the Latin.
Includes bibliographical references p.447-464
Erasmus, a true child of the Renaissance, wrote with a brilliance seldom equalled in the history of letters. His withering catalogue of human follies and vanities is still just as timely as it was over four centuries ago. A master stylist, famed for his elegant prose, he was also a great humanist, who believed in the ultimate triumph of reason over stupidity and prejudice. His most favous work, "The Praise of folly", is a dazzling disply of his supreme gift for irony, parody and satire. His "Colloquies" are a witty and far-ranging demonstration not only of Erasmus' own ideas on crucial questions, but of the basic thinking of his time. His "Letters" offer a fascinating personal view of such famous Renaissance figures as Sir Thomas More, Thomas Wolsey, Pope Leo X, and Martin Luther
Erasmus, Desiderius 1536 Translations into English.
Philosophy.
879 Jac/Ess