Praise of Folly

Informationen zum Autor By Desiderius Erasmus Klappentext In the tradition of "fool literature" produced by the ferment of new ideas that directly preceded the Protestant Reformation, Dutch priest, humanist, and scholar Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536) composed The Praise of Folly in 1509. Under Folly's mask, Erasmus boldly attacked the abuses of church and state, and pilloried the faults of those he saw around him: idle superstition, pedantry, religious hypocrisy, and human foolishness. In this elegant translation from the Latin by John Wilson, the reader can savor a great work of satire, which, in the classical tradition, chastises human beings for their follies and excesses, not with a rod but with a smile.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Desiderius Erasmus
• Collaboration: John E. Wilson (Traduction)
• Edition: Prometheus Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 01.05.1994
• EAN: 9780879758851
• ISBN: 978-0-87975-885-1
• Pages: 196
• Thème: Great Minds Series
• Catégorie: Littérature spécialisée > Philosophie, religion > Religion: général, ouvrages de référence