Essential works of Erasmus:edited and with an introd. by W.T.H. Jackson.
Material type:
- Works. Selections. English. 1965
- 879 Jac/Ess

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Asiatic Society of Mumbai | 879 Jac/Ess (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Damaged | Pr. by Mr.Rusi Daruwala MBSC : 19/12/2018 | 198683 |
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