The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus

The Praise of Folly

Desiderius Erasmus with John Wilson (Translator)

86 pages first pub 1511 (editions)

nonfiction classics philosophy religion challenging dark medium-paced
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In Praise of Folly starts off with a satirical learned encomium, in which Folly praises herself, after the manner of the Greek satirist Lucian, whose work Erasmus and Sir Thomas More had recently translated into Latin, a piece of virtuoso foolery;...

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