The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of Folly - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Desiderius Erasmus, John P. Dolan (Introduction by)Series:EssentialsAudience:Young AdultPublish date:5/1/1964Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780452009721ISBN-10:452009723UPC:9780452009721Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Movements, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Medieval, HumanismSize:8.17 x 5.15 x 0.92 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCV1XR46E4
The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of Folly
In 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...
Series: Essentials
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780452009721ISBN-10:452009723UPC:9780452009721Book Category:Philosophy, ReligionBook Subcategory:History & Surveys, Movements, Christian TheologyBook Topic:Medieval, HumanismSize:8.17 x 5.15 x 0.92 inchesWeight:0.7716Product ID:SCV1XR46E4
Desiderius Erasmus (1469-1536) was the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament, and an important figure in classical literature. He helped lay the groundwork for the historical-critical study of the past, and his educational writings contributed to the replacement of the older scholastic curriculum by the new humanist emphasis on the classics. By...
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