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 Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazz
In praise of folly
โ Scribed by Leon Sokoloff
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1960
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 470 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-3591
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