Desiderius Erasmus (1466-1536).
Table of Contents
- 1 Ideas
- 2 Biography
- 3 Major Works of Desiderius Erasmus
- 4 Quotes from Desiderius Erasmus
- 5 Videos
- 6 Related Products
- 6.1 Praise of Folly (Penguin Classics)
- 6.2 The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of Folly (Essentials)
- 6.3 In Praise of Folly
- 6.4 The Praise of Folly and Other Writings (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
- 6.5 Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas
- 6.6 Delphi Collected Works of Desiderius Erasmus (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 12)
- 6.7 The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2635 to 2802, Volume 19 (Collected Works of Erasmus)
- 6.8 Collected Works of Erasmus: Controversies, Volume 78
- 6.9 Erasmus and His Times: Selections from the Letters of Erasmus and His Circle (English and Latin Edition)
- 6.10 Collected Works of Erasmus: Adages: I vi 1 to I x 100, Volume 32
Ideas
– Perfectability is intrinsic in human beings.
– Intrinsic perfectability implies the power of self-determination and moral achievement.
– The examplar of moral achievement is Jesus Christ, whose life of humility, patience, and love is open for all Christians to imitate.
– Interior piety, scriptural exegesis, and study of classical and patristic writings are necessary in the imitation of Christ.
– Imitating the life of Jesus Christ is a philosophy, the ‘philosophia Christi’, which ought to inspire secular and religious leaders to govern with compassion for the well being of all Christian people.
Biography
Desiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam in about 1466. He joined the Augustinian monastery at Steyn in 1487 and was ordained in 1492.
He spent time in France before moving to England where he taught at Oxford University (1499) and Cambridge University (1509-14) where he was Professor of Divinity.
Erasmus became the leader of the movement of scholarship known as humanism. Erasmus believed strongly in the human capacity for self-improvement through education. He argued that world peace could be obtained by consensus and consent.
He advocated a tolerant Christianity and was highly critical of the abuses of the Catholic Church and his ideas helped to prepare the way for Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation. However, Erasmus disapproved of Luther’s radical methods and criticized him in his book De Libero Arbitrio (1523).
He died in 1536.
Major Works of Desiderius Erasmus
– Adages, 1500
– Apophthegmatum Opus
– Colloquia
– Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style
– The Education of a Christian Prince, 1516
– Enchiridion, 1504
– Novum Instrumentation, 1506
– The Praise of Folly, 1509
Quotes from Desiderius Erasmus
– “In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” (from “Adages”, 1500)
– “The better part of happiness is to wish to be what you are.” (from “The Praise of Folly”, 1509)
– “Many times what cannot be refuted by arguments can be parried by laughter.” (from “The Praise of Folly”, 1509)
– “The more ways a man is deluded, the happier he is.” (from “The Praise of Folly”, 1509)
– “Nothing is so ridiculous that usage may not make it pass.” (from “Folkways: A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals” by William Graham Sumner)
Videos
Praise of Folly (Penguin Classics)
- Penguin Classics
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 256 Pages - 03/01/1994 (Publication Date) - Penguin Classics (Publisher)
The Essential Erasmus: Includes the Full Text of The Praise of Folly (Essentials)
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 400 Pages - 05/01/1964 (Publication Date) - Plume (Publisher)
In Praise of Folly
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 108 Pages - 01/01/2020 (Publication Date) - Independently published (Publisher)
The Praise of Folly and Other Writings (First Edition) (Norton Critical Editions)
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 352 Pages - 10/17/1989 (Publication Date) - W. W. Norton & Company (Publisher)
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas
- Used Book in Good Condition
- King, Donald (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 06/01/1963 (Publication Date) - Marquette Univ Pr (Publisher)
Delphi Collected Works of Desiderius Erasmus (Illustrated) (Delphi Series Nine Book 12)
- Amazon Kindle Edition
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 3568 Pages - 05/28/2018 (Publication Date) - Delphi Classics (Publisher)
The Correspondence of Erasmus: Letters 2635 to 2802, Volume 19 (Collected Works of Erasmus)
- Hardcover Book
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 400 Pages - 11/21/2019 (Publication Date) - University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division (Publisher)
Collected Works of Erasmus: Controversies, Volume 78
- Hardcover Book
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 496 Pages - 03/05/2011 (Publication Date) - University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division (Publisher)
Erasmus and His Times: Selections from the Letters of Erasmus and His Circle (English and Latin Edition)
- Latin letters
- Latin vocabulary
- western history
- human interest
- biographical notes
- Desiderius Erasmus (Author)
Collected Works of Erasmus: Adages: I vi 1 to I x 100, Volume 32
- Hardcover Book
- Erasmus, Desiderius (Author)
- English (Publication Language)
- 412 Pages - 03/01/1989 (Publication Date) - University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division (Publisher)
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