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The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of Folly

by Desiderius Erasmus

Erasmus beyond *The Praise of Folly*

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Erasmus beyond *The Praise of Folly*

This volume presents Erasmus as both a Christian thinker and a Renaissance humanist, bringing together a broader view of his thought alongside the complete text of *The Praise of Folly*. The description places his reputation for mockery and irreverence in context, emphasizing that his concerns extend beyond satire. It offers a focused entry into Erasmus’s ideas and the intellectual history of the Renaissance through one of his best-known works and a wider account of his thinking.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Renaissance humanism and medieval-to-early-modern intellectual history.
  • Those seeking the full text of *The Praise of Folly* in a volume that also presents Erasmus’s broader thought.

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Renaissance humanismChristian thoughtSatire and irreverenceErasmus’s intellectual legacy

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Book overview

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

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