The Praise of Folly

Updated Edition

Desiderius Erasmus (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

224 Seiten

2015 | Updated Edition
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-16564-6 (ISBN)

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Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance. The Praise of Folly is perhaps his best-known work. Originally written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, this satiric celebration of pleasure, youth, and intoxication irreverently pokes fun at the pieties of theologians and the foibles that make us all human, while ultimately reaffirming the value of Christian ideals. No other book displays quite so completely the transition from the medieval to the modern world, and Erasmus's wit, wisdom, and critical spirit have lost none of their timeliness today. This Princeton Classics edition of The Praise of Folly features a new foreword by Anthony Grafton that provides an essential introduction to this iridescent and enduring masterpiece.

Anthony Grafton is the Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University.

A Prelude to The Praise of Folly: Foreword to the Princeton Classics Edition vii Acknowledgments xxiii The Folly of Erasmus: An Essay xxv Preface: Desiderius Erasmus to His Friend Thomas More 1 Moriae Encomium, That Is, The Praise of Folly 7 Analysis 129 Notes 143 Index of Proper Names 155

Reihe/Serie	Princeton Classics
Vorwort	Anthony Grafton
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	312 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie des Mittelalters
ISBN-10	0-691-16564-5 / 0691165645
ISBN-13	978-0-691-16564-6 / 9780691165646
Zustand	Neuware