Author: Desiderius Erasmus
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Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 220

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Author: Michael Andrew Screech
Publisher: Puffin Books
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Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 296

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Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Alma Classics
ISBN: 9781847490100
Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781022686199
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Languages : en
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Erasmus's witty and intellectual approach to describing the merits of folly has been entertaining readers since its publication in 1511. This book remains a classic of Renaissance literature and a must-read for anyone interested in the history of ideas. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452009723
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 401

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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

Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 1780938233
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 153

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Desiderius Eramsus (1466/9-1536) was the most renowned scholar of his age, a celebrated humanist and Classicist, and the first teacher of Greek at Cambridge. An influential figure in the Protestant Reformation, though without ever breaking from the Church himself, he satirised both human folly and the corruption of the Church. Martin Luther (1483-1546) was the founder of the German Reformation. His 95 Theses became a manifesto for reform of the Catholic Church and led to his being tried for heresy. He remained in Germany, Professor of Biblical Exegesis at the University of Wittenburg, until his death, publishing a large number of works, including three major treatises and a translation of the New Testament into German. Comprising Erasmus's "The Free Will" and Luther's "The Bondage of the Will", Discourse on Free Will is a landmark text in the history of Protestantism. Encapsulating the perspective on free will of two of the most important figures in the history of Christianity, it remains to this day a powerful, thought-provoking and timely work.

Author: Theodore Dalrymple
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781783341429
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 151

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Author: Barbara W. Tuchman
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0345308239
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 530

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Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Barbara W. Tuchman, author of the World War I masterpiece The Guns of August, grapples with her boldest subject: the pervasive presence, through the ages, of failure, mismanagement, and delusion in government. Drawing on a comprehensive array of examples, from Montezuma’s senseless surrender of his empire in 1520 to Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Barbara W. Tuchman defines folly as the pursuit by government of policies contrary to their own interests, despite the availability of feasible alternatives. In brilliant detail, Tuchman illuminates four decisive turning points in history that illustrate the very heights of folly: the Trojan War, the breakup of the Holy See provoked by the Renaissance popes, the loss of the American colonies by Britain’s George III, and the United States’ own persistent mistakes in Vietnam. Throughout The March of Folly, Tuchman’s incomparable talent for animating the people, places, and events of history is on spectacular display. Praise for The March of Folly “A glittering narrative . . . a moral [book] on the crimes and follies of governments and the misfortunes the governed suffer in consequence.”—The New York Times Book Review “An admirable survey . . . I haven’t read a more relevant book in years.”—John Kenneth Galbraith, The Boston Sunday Globe “A superb chronicle . . . a masterly examination.”—Chicago Sun-Times

Author: Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher:
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Category : Folly
Languages : en
Pages : 226

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Author: Walter Kaiser
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780674493834
Category : Fools and jesters in literature
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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