Collected Works of Erasmus - Adages: II i 1 to II vi 100, Volume 33

This fifth of seven volumes on the Adages continues from where the Collected Works of Erasmus volume 34 left off and includes 900 more adages from III iv 1 to IV ii 100. The aim of the Adages volumes in the CWE is to provide a fully annotated, accurate, and readable English version of the more than 4000 adages gathered, and commented on by Erasmus, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays.
Following in the tradition of meticulous scholarship for which the Collected Works of Erasmus is widely known, the notes to this volume identify the classical sources and illustrate how Erasmus' reading and thinking developed over twenty-five years, a period spanned by eight revisions of the first edition of the work which appeared in 1508 and won immediate acclaim. Many of the proverbs cited by Erasmus are still in use today.

About the author

Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe’s foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects.

Summary

This volume contains another 600 of the more than 4000 adages that Erasmus gathered and commented on, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays.

Product details

• Authors: Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus
• Assisted by: R A B Mynors (Translation), R. A. B. Mynors (Translation), R.A.B. Mynors (Translation), Sir R. A. B. Mynors (Translation)
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.04.1992
• EAN: 9780802059543
• ISBN: 978-0-8020-5954-3
• No. of pages: 277
• Dimensions: 179 mm x 254 mm x 38 mm
• Weight: 1050 g
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus; Collected Works of Erasmum; Collected Works of Erasmus; Collected Works of Erasmum
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Religious writings, prayers, songbooks, religious meditations; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Miscellaneous