Desiderius Erasmus concerning the aim and method of education

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Part I -- An outline of the life of Erasmus, mainly in regard to his career as a scholar -- Characteristics -- The educational aim of Erasmus -- The beginnings of education -- The liberal studies -- Part II -- The treatise of Erasmus: De Ratione Studii, that is, Upon the Right Method of Instruction, 1511 -- De Pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis libelus; or, The Arguments of Erasmus of Rotterdam, that children should straightway from their earliest years be trained in virtue and sound learning, 1529 -- From the De Conscribendis Epistolis -- From the Convivium Religiosum. Part I -- An outline of the life of Erasmus, mainly in regard to his career as a scholar -- Characteristics -- The educational aim of Erasmus -- The beginnings of education -- The liberal studies -- Part II -- The treatise of Erasmus: De Ratione Studii, that is, Upon the Right Method of Instruction, 1511 -- De Pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis libelus or, The Arguments of Erasmus of Rotterdam, that children should straightway from their earliest years be trained in virtue and sound learning, 1529 -- From the De Conscribendis Epistolis -- From the Convivium Religiosum.