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 The Praise of Folly eBook
32,021 words, approx. 107 pages
 The complete online text of The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus.
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 Biography of Desiderius Erasmus
1153 words, approx. 3.8 pages
The Dutch scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was the dominant figure of the early-16th-century humanist movement. The intellectual arbiter during the last years of Christian unity, he remains one of European culture's most controversial giants. The e... summary from source:
 Biography of Desiderius Erasmus
4712 words, approx. 15.7 pages
 In July 1514 Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam left England for Basel, Switzerland, and the Froben Press to publish the annotated New Testament and the critical edition of the works of Saint Jerome on which he had been working during his stay at Cambridge....
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 The Praise of Folly Information
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The Praise of Folly (Greek title: Morias Enkomion (Μωρίας Εγκώμιον), Latin: Stultitiae Laus, sometimes translated as In Praise of Folly, Dutch title: Lof der Zotheid) is an essay written in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first...
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 The Boston Globe In Praise Of Folly
03/01/1998: 1,277 words, approx. 4 pages Artist Bridget Lynch says she first made her acquaintance with the mythical Greek goddess Folly six years ago when she read a translation of Desiderius Erasmus's manuscript "Praise of Folly." But a visit to the house Lynch built with her partner Jim Stark in... summary from source:
The Stranger all ages action; IN PRAISE OF FOLLY
05/06/2004: 496 words, approx. 2 pages Okay, think back a couple weeks. Remember when I wrote about Suffering and the Hideous Thieves and told you how good they are? Well, after going on about Suffering, I ran out of room and neglected to say much of anything about Suffering's...
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 Critical Essay by C. A. Patrides
7,656 words, approx. 26 pages
In this essay, Patrides compares Erasmus's Praise of Folly and other works to the Utopia of his friend and peer Thomas More, contrasting the playful approach of the former with the darker tones of the latter.
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