The Praise of Folly - 2nd Edition

Zusatztext "Erasmus's Praise of Folly is certainly one of the most characteristic and delightful pieces of Renaissance literature and has rightly enjoyed a wide popularity. . . . This handsome volume will certainly please the student as well as the general reader." Informationen zum Autor Desiderius ErasmusWith a new foreword by Anthony Grafton Klappentext The Praise of Folly is perhaps Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) best-known work. 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 features a new foreword by Anthony Grafton that provides an essential introduction to this enduring masterpiece. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus von Rotterdam
• Assisted by: Anthony Grafton (Foreword), Grafton Anthony (Foreword)
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.07.2015
• EAN: 9780691165646
• ISBN: 978-0-691-16564-6
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Princeton Classics; Princeton Classics; Princeton Classics, 91
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; Prose: non-fiction, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, Biography and non-fiction prose, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy