Desiderius Erasmus

Betty Radice

This witty, influential work by one of the greatest scholars of the Renaissance satirizes the shortcomings of the upper classes and religious institutions of the time. The most effective of all Erasmus's writings — ripe with allusions, vignettes, and caricatures — the literary gem was not only an extremely intelligent and articulate response to pretentiousness of all sorts, it also proved to be spiritual dynamite, leaving monastic brothers and clergymen the objects of universal laughter.
The book's purported narrator, the goddess Folly, proclaims herself to be the daughter of Youth and Wealth, nursed by Drunkenness and Ignorance. She is accompanied by such followers as Self-love, Pleasure, Flattery, and Sound Sleep.
A clever mix of drollery and fantasy, fast-paced and lighthearted in tone, the work has proved to be a lively and valuable commentary on modern times. It remains, according to the great Dutch historian John Huizinga, "a masterpiece of humour and wise irony … something that no one else could have given to the world."

Praise of Folly

Delilige Övgü Türkce cevirisi

Comprising Erasmus's The Free Will and Luther's response The Bondage of the Will, Discourse on Free Will is a landmark text in the history of theology and philosophy. As Erasmus's humanist vision is contrasted with Luther's notion of freedom dictated by the grace of God we can see the beginning of the debates that, to this day, separate the secular and the religious.

Discourse on Free Will

Delilige Övgü

per contrapporsi alla demenza del mondo

Elogio della follia

Deliliğe övgü

Roland Herbert Bainton

Álvaro Ribeiro

Elogio da loucura

Lof der zotheid

Aptalligin Övgüsü Bez Ciltli

'Les Adages' sont les notes de lecture d'Érasme, tirées de l’ensemble de la littérature antique à laquelle il pouvait avoir accès - c’est-à-dire la quasi-totalité. Il concevait ce recueil comme une collection de modèles d’élégance de style. Ses commentaires vont de la remarque anecdotique d’une ligne jusqu’au traité moral et politique d’une cinquantaine de pages contre les papes guerriers. Cette édition contient cinq volumes sous coffret.

Adages: adages 1-1000, biblio des références ; Hâte-toi lentement : adages 1001-2000, biblio des références ; Les travaux d'Hercule : adages 2001-3000, biblio des références ; La guerre paraît douce à ceux qui n'en ont pas l'expérience : adages 3001-4151, biblio des références

Harm-Jan van Dam

Satire van de Rotterdamse humanist (1469-1536) over de menselijke dwaasheden. Met aantekeningen.

een pronkrede

Lof der zotheid, of De dwaasheid gekroond

Kauko Kare

Tyhmyyden ylistys

Robert M. Adams

Presents a selection of writings by sixteenth-century Dutch theologian Desiderius Erasmus, including "The Praise of Folly," an ironic speech by the pagan goddess Folly in praise of herself, and includes critical essays.

A New Translation with Critical Commentary

The Praise of Folly and Other Writings

Tatli Gelir Yasamayana Savas

Elogio de la locura

Torheit und Wahnsinn regieren die Welt und bestimmen das Handeln der Menschen auf allen Ebenen. Getreu seines Mottos, 'lachen die Wahrheit zu sagen', nimmt der berühmte Humanist Erasmus von Rotterdam in seiner bekanntesten Schrift die Schwächen und Fehler der Mächtigen aufs Korn und entlarvt die Unvernunft als eigentliche Triebfeder all ihres Tuns.

Lob der Torheit

Erasmus Roterodamus

Érasme

Erasmus, Desiderius, d. 1536

'... The Erasmus Reader extends this impact to the carrels and desks of beginning and advanced students of Renaissance and Reformation history.'

The Erasmus Reader

Martin Luther

Desiderio Erasmo de Rotterdam

Erasmus av Rotterdam

Erasmus-Luther

The Dutch humanist theologian Erasmus published his essay On Free Will in 1524. Martin Luther published his scathing reply, Bondage of the Will, the following year. This edition contains translations of both essays, with an historical introduction.

Desiderius Erasmus

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