ENGLISH

Adages Ivi1 to Ix100

By Desiderius Erasmus , R.A.B. Mynors

Book information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
1989
ISBN
0802024122, 9780802024121
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22329221 bytes)
Series
Collected Works of Erasmus Volume 32
Pages
412\423
Orientation
portrait
Paginated
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2017-07-06 13:21:23

Description

‘A knowledge of proverbs contributes to a number of things,’ wrote Erasmus in his Introduction to the Adages, ‘but to four especially: philosophy, persuasiveness, grace and charm in speaking, and the understanding of the best authors…’ This volume contains the second 500 of the more than 4000 adages gathered and commented on by Erasmus, 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 our common stock of speech.Volume 32 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series.

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