Praise of folly ; Letter to Maarten van Dorp
Erasmus, Desiderius, -15362004
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Erasmus of Rotterdam is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. This book is Erasmus' best-known work, using a personification of folly to demonstrate human and Christian failings.
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Praise of folly ; Letter to Maarten van Dorp / Erasmus / translated by Betty Radice ; revised with an introduction and notes by A.H.T. Levi.
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London : Penguin, 1971.
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256 p. ; 20 cm.
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Originally published: Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1971.Translated from the Latin.
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9780140446081 (pbk)
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EnglishLatin
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747863
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