Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus



 

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

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born
October 27, 1466

died
July 12, 1536

gender
male

place of birth
Rotterdam, Netherlands

genre
Religion & Spirituality

influences
Pope Leo X, John Colet, Thomas More, Thomas Linacre


about this author

Desiderius Erasmus was doubtless born out of wedlock, well cared for by his parents till their early death, and then given the best education open to a young man of his day in a series of monastic or semimonastic schools. All this early education is made by him in the light of later experience to appear like one long conspiracy to force him into the monastic life, but there is no other evidence for this, and recent criticism, has suggested ample motives for his desire to give his life-history this peculiar turn. He was admitted to the priest-hood and took the monastic vows at about the age of twenty-five, but there is no record that he ever exercised the priestly functions, and monasticism was one of the chief objects of his attack in his l...more




books by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

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avg rating: 3.83 | 325 ratings | 77 distinct works
Praise of Folly Praise of Folly (Penguin Classics)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.84 — 188 ratings — published 1994
22 editions
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در ستایش دیوانگی در ستایش دیوانگی
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.93 — 28 ratings — published 1997
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Discourse On Free Will Discourse On Free Will (Continuum Impacts)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.85 — 20 ratings — published 2005
2 editions
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The Praise of Folly and Other... The Praise of Folly and Other Writings (Norton Critical Editions)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 4.00 — 16 ratings — published 1989
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The Essential Erasmus The Essential Erasmus (Essentials)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.92 — 12 ratings — published 1964
4 editions
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Erasmus: The Education of a Ch... Erasmus: The Education of a Christian Prince with the Panegyric for Archduke Philip of Austria (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 1997
2 editions
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The Complaint of Peace The Complaint of Peace (Paperback)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published 2004
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Lof der zotheid Lof der zotheid
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.33 — 3 ratings — published 2008
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Das Lob der Thorheit Das Lob der Thorheit (Gebundene Ausgabe)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 1999
3 editions
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Erasmus and His Times: Selecti... Erasmus and His Times: Selections from the Letters of Erasmus and His Circle (Paperback)
by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
avg rating 5.00 — 1 ratings — published 1988
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quotes by Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus

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"When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes."
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"Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians."
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""He who allows oppression
shares the crime.""
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