TY  - BOOK
AU  - Erasmus,Desiderius
AU  - Jackson,W.T.H.(ed)
TI  - Essential works of Erasmus:edited and with an introd. by W.T.H. Jackson
U1  - 879 Jac/Ess 
PY  - 1965///
CY  - New York
PB  - Bantam Books
KW  - Erasmus, Desiderius
KW  - Philosophy
N1  - Translated from the Latin
; Includes bibliographical references p.447-464
N2  - 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
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