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Praise of folly ; and, Letter to Maarten Van Dorp, 1515 / Erasmus of Rotterdam ; translated by Betty Radice ; with an introduction and notes by A.H.T. Levi.
- Title
- Praise of folly ; and, Letter to Maarten Van Dorp, 1515 / Erasmus of Rotterdam ; translated by Betty Radice ; with an introduction and notes by A.H.T. Levi.
- Author
- Erasmus, Desiderius, -1536
- Publication
- London ; New York : Penguin Books, 1993.
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- Description
- lvi, 188 p.; 20 cm.
- Summary
- Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1469-1536) was the greatest of the Renaissance humanists. Praise of Folly, first published in 1511, is both his best-known work and the best introduction to his thought.
- Series Statement
- Penguin classics
- Uniform Title
- Moriae encomium. English
- Penguin classics.
- Alternative Title
- Moriae encomium.
- Praise of folly.
- Letter to Maarten Van Dorp.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Early works
- Translations
- Early works.
- Translations.
- Note
- "Introduction and notes have been brought up to date ... the translation was revised"--P. [x].
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. lv-lvi) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Preface to the 1993 edition -- Introduction -- The importance of the Praise of Folly -- Erasmus, scholastics, humanists and reformers -- The Praise of Folly, Dorp and the spirituality of Erasmus -- Select Bibliography -- Praise of Folly -- Prefatory Letter -- Moriae encomium, that is the Praise of Folly -- Letter to Maarten Van Dorp, 1515 -- Index.
- ISBN
- 0140446087 :
- LCCN
- ^^^94142502^
- OCLC
- 30809077
- SCSB-11422476
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library