The Essential ErasmusFirst single volume in English to show the full spectrum of this Renaissance man's thought, which is no less profound because it is expressed with grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve. |
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... gods and men alike . For if someone has written that to be a god is to help men , and if they have deservedly been admitted to the com- pany of gods who show the use of wine or grain or some other commodity to men , then why cannot I be ...
... gods and men alike . For if someone has written that to be a god is to help men , and if they have deservedly been admitted to the com- pany of gods who show the use of wine or grain or some other commodity to men , then why cannot I be ...
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Desiderius Erasmus John Patrick Dolan. if the just vengeance of God menaces us whenever prosperity smiles upon us . For in the book of the prophets , when God wishes to express His implacable wrath , He threatens to take away the rod ...
Desiderius Erasmus John Patrick Dolan. if the just vengeance of God menaces us whenever prosperity smiles upon us . For in the book of the prophets , when God wishes to express His implacable wrath , He threatens to take away the rod ...
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... God because no one has a pure mind . And they who think they see Him are hal- lucinated ; they see a specter , not God . Not a blessing shared by everyone is " appearing before the God of Gods . " What does " appearing before Him " mean ...
... God because no one has a pure mind . And they who think they see Him are hal- lucinated ; they see a specter , not God . Not a blessing shared by everyone is " appearing before the God of Gods . " What does " appearing before Him " mean ...
Contents
Introduction 71 | 7 |
The Life of Erasmus | 17 |
THE HANDBOOK OF | 24 |
Copyright | |
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