The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of FollyIn his own day a center of controversy, in the four hundred years since his death known too often solely as an apostle of mockery and irreverence, Erasmus can be seen today in a new light—as a humanist whose concen is at once contemporary and Christian. The Essential Erasmus is the first 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 the grace, wit, and ironic detachment only a great writer can achieve. Contains the full text of In Praise of Folly |
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... virtue . Everywhere I hear the harmful opinion that men are compelled to vice . And there are others who , because of their ignorance of their own natures , follow those passions believing them to be the precepts of reason . Because ...
... virtue . Everywhere I hear the harmful opinion that men are compelled to vice . And there are others who , because of their ignorance of their own natures , follow those passions believing them to be the precepts of reason . Because ...
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... virtue . We will call them blindness , the flesh , and infirmity or weakness . It is this blindness that dims our reason , resulting in ignorance . For there is very little of that divine light of God's countenance remaining in us . It ...
... virtue . We will call them blindness , the flesh , and infirmity or weakness . It is this blindness that dims our reason , resulting in ignorance . For there is very little of that divine light of God's countenance remaining in us . It ...
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... virtue to virtue and will see the God of Gods in Sion . " Some may wonder at the sudden change of number in the verb . He just said , " Blessed is he whose help is from You , and who arranged in his heart . " Here He says , " They will ...
... virtue to virtue and will see the God of Gods in Sion . " Some may wonder at the sudden change of number in the verb . He just said , " Blessed is he whose help is from You , and who arranged in his heart . " Here He says , " They will ...
Contents
Introduction | 7 |
The Life of Erasmus | 17 |
THE HANDBOOK OF | 24 |
Copyright | |
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The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of Folly Desiderius Erasmus Limited preview - 1964 |
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