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

English · Hardback

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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.


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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.


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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

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