The Praise of Folly
Title | The Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 220 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Folly |
ISBN |
... In Praise of Folly
Title | ... In Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 278 |
Release | 1924 |
Genre | Folly |
ISBN |
Praise of Folly
Title | Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | Alma Classics |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2013-09-12 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781847493248 |
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.
Erasmus
Title | Erasmus PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Andrew Screech |
Publisher | Puffin Books |
Total Pages | 296 |
Release | 1988 |
Genre | Humor |
ISBN |
19/8/87--5000X89PX$4.95/$5.95(6000X77P). B FORMAT.288PP.OFFSET.
Moriæ Encomium : Or, A Panegyrick Upon Folly
Title | Moriæ Encomium : Or, A Panegyrick Upon Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 290 |
Release | 1709 |
Genre | Folly |
ISBN |
The Praise of Folly
Title | The Praise of Folly PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 226 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Folly |
ISBN |
The Essential Erasmus
Title | The Essential Erasmus PDF eBook |
Author | Desiderius Erasmus |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 401 |
Release | 1964-05-01 |
Genre | Philosophy |
ISBN | 0452009723 |
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 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