Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus

Praise of Folly

Desiderius Erasmus

181 pages first pub 1511 (editions) user-added

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Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Si...

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