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The Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2015-06-09
The Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-09 with Philosophy categories.
Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance. The Praise of Folly is perhaps his best-known work. Originally written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, this satiric celebration of pleasure, youth, and intoxication irreverently pokes fun at the pieties of theologians and the foibles that make us all human, while ultimately reaffirming the value of Christian ideals. No other book displays quite so completely the transition from the medieval to the modern world, and Erasmus's wit, wisdom, and critical spirit have lost none of their timeliness today. This Princeton Classics edition of The Praise of Folly features a new foreword by Anthony Grafton that provides an essential introduction to this iridescent and enduring masterpiece.
The Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Release Date : 2019
The Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by Jazzybee Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Philosophy categories.
Erasmus reached England after a stay in Italy early in the summer of 1510. Soon afterwards, in Thomas More's house at Bucklersbury, he rapidly wrote his famous satire, the Encomium Moriae, or "Praise of Folly," in which Folly celebrates her own praises as the great source of human pleasures. He had been meditating this piece on the long journey from Rome; it is a kaleidoscope of his experiences in Italy, and of earlier memories. As to the title, Moria, the Greek word for "folly," was a playful allusion, of course, to the name of his wise and witty host. This "Praise of Folly" is a satire, not only in the modern but in the original sense of that word,—a medley. All classes, all callings, are sportively viewed on the weak side. But in relation to the author's own life and times, the most important topics are the various abuses in the Church, the pedantries of the school-men, and the selfish wars of kings. If this eloquent Folly, as Erasmus presents her, most often wears the mocking smile of Lucian or Voltaire, there are moments also when she wields the terrible lash of Juvenal or of Swift. The popularity of the satire, throughout Europe, was boundless. The mask of jest which it wore was its safeguard; how undignified, how absurd it would have been for a Pope or a King to care what was said by Folly! And, just for that reason, the Encomium Moriae must be reckoned among the forces which prepared the Reformation.
Praise Of Folly
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Author : Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Alma Books
Release Date : 2018-01-01
Praise Of Folly written by Erasmus and has been published by Alma Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-01 with Fiction categories.
The goddess Folly gives a speech, praising herself and explaining how much humanity benefits from her services, from politicians to philosophers, aristocrats, schoolteachers, poets, lawyers, theologians, monarchs and the clergy. At the same time, her discourse provides a satire of Erasmus's world, poking fun at false pedantry and the aberrations of Christianity. Woven throughout her monologue, a thread of irony calls into question the goddess's own words, in which ambiguities, allusions and interpretations collide in a way that makes Praise of Folly enduringly fascinating.
The Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 1979-01-01
The Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1979-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
First published in Paris in 1511, The Praise of Folly has enjoyed enormous and highly controversial success from the author's lifetime down to our own day. The Folly has no rival, except perhaps Thomas More's Utopia, as the most intense and lively presentation of the literary, social, and theological aims and methods of Northern Humanism. Clarence H. Miller's highly praised translation of The Praise of Folly, based on the definitive Latin text, echoes Erasmus' own lively style while retaining the nuances of the original text. In his introduction, Miller places the work in the context of Erasmus as humanist and theologian. In a new afterword, William H. Gass playfully considers the meaning, or meanings, of folly and offers fresh insights into one of the great books of Western literature. Praise for the earlier edition:
In Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: anboco
Release Date : 2016-08-28
In Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by anboco this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-28 with Fiction categories.
In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511. Inspired by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli's De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions and other traditions of European society as well as on the western Church. Erasmus revised and extended the work, which he originally wrote in the space of a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at More's estate in Bucklersbury. In Praise of Folly is considered one of the most notable works of the Renaissance and played an important role in the beginnings of the Protestant Reformation.
The Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
The Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Folly categories.
In Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderus Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Cosimo, Inc.
Release Date : 2010-01-01
In Praise Of Folly written by Desiderus Erasmus and has been published by Cosimo, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-01-01 with Fiction categories.
Comments on the upper classes and religious institutions of the Renaissance through the personification of traits such as folly, wealth, and flattery.
In Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Litres
Release Date : 2021-03-16
In Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by Litres this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-16 with Fiction categories.
"The Praise of Folly" by Desiderius Erasmus (translated by John Wilson). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Praise Of Folly
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher: Alma Classics
Release Date : 2013-09-12
Praise Of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by Alma Classics this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-12 with Fiction categories.
The goddess Folly gives a speech, praising herself and explaining how much humanity benefits from her services, from politicians to philosophers, aristocrats, schoolteachers, poets, lawyers, theologians, monarchs and the clergy. At the same time, her discourse provides a satire of Erasmus's world, poking fun at false pedantry and the aberrations of Christianity. Woven throughout her monologue, a thread of irony calls into question the goddess's own words, in which ambiguities, allusions and interpretations collide in a way that makes Praise of Folly enduringly fascinating.
The Praise Of Folly Illustrated By Hans Holbein
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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-11
The Praise Of Folly Illustrated By Hans Holbein written by Desiderius Erasmus and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11 with Fiction categories.
In Civilization, Kenneth Clarke states "The first man to take full advantage of the printing press was Erasmus. It made him, and unmade him, because in a way he became the first journalist. He had all the qualifications: a clear, elegant style (in Latin, of course, which meant that he could be read everywhere, but not by everyone), opinions on every subject, even the gift of putting things so that they could be interpreted in different ways. He poured out pamphlets and anthologies and introductions; and so in a few years did everyone who had views on anything... for ten years he was the most famous man in Europe. ... Early in his journalistic career he produced a masterpiece of the Renaissance - ThePraise of Folly. He wrote it staying with his friend Thomas More; he said it took him a week, and I dare say it's true. ... To an intelligent man, human beings and human institutions really are intolerably stupid and there are times when his pent-up feelings of impatience and annoyance can't be contained any longer. Erasmus's Praise of Folly was a dam-burst of this kind; it washed away everything: popes, kings, monks (of course), scholars, war, theology - the whole lot. This edition also contains a brief life of Erasmus and Erasmus's epistle to Thomas More. It is illustrated in monochrome woodcuts by Hans Holbein.