Collected Works of Erasmus: Adages: I i 1 to I v 100, Volume 31

by Desiderius Erasmus, Margaret Mann Phillips (Translator), R.A.B. Mynors (Noted by)

Overview

The Collected Works of Erasmus is providing the first complete translation of Erasmus' Adagia. This volume contains the initial 300 adages with notes that identify the classical sources and indicate how Erasmus' reading and thinking developed over the quarter-century spanned by the eight revisions of the original work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781442631397
Publisher:	University of Toronto Press
Publication date:	08/01/1982
Series:	Heritage
Pages:	510
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.03(d)

About the Author

Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466-1536), a Dutch humanist, Catholic priest, and scholar, was one of the most influential Renaissance figures. A professor of divinity and Greek, Erasmus wrote, taught, and travelled, meeting with Europe's foremost scholars. A prolific author, Erasmus wrote on both ecclesiastic and general human interest subjects.