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Collected Works of Erasmus

Adages: II i 1 to II vi 100, Volume 33

Desiderius Erasmus author RAB Mynors translator

Format:Hardback

Publisher:University of Toronto Press

Published:1st Apr '92

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When Erasmus published the Adages, his monumental collection of proverbs, he wrote in the Introduction that 'a knowledge of proverbs contributes to a number of things, but to four especially: philosophy, persuasiveness, grace and charm in speaking, and the understanding of the best authors.' This volume contains another 600 of the more than 4000 adages that Erasmus gathered and commented on, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays. The notes 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. Many of the proverbs cited by Erasmus are still in out common stock of speech.

Volume 33 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

ISBN: 9780802059543

Dimensions: 254mm x 179mm x 38mm

Weight: 1050g

479 pages