BooksDirect

Description - Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus

The goddess Folly gives a speech, praising herself and explaining how much humanity benefits from her services, from politicians to philosophers, aristocrats, schoolteachers, poets, lawyers, theologians, monarchs and the clergy. At the same time, her discourse provides a satire of Erasmus’s world, poking fun at false pedantry and the aberrations of Christianity. Woven throughout her monologue, a thread of irony calls into question the goddess’s own words, in which ambiguities, allusions and interpretations collide in a way that makes Praise of Folly enduringly fascinating.

Buy Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, BooksDirect.

A Preview for this title is currently not available.
More Books By Desiderius Erasmus
View All
Praise of Folly
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , Nov '93
20% OFF!
RRP: $22.99 $18.39
Ciceronianus; or, A dialogue on the best style of speaking
Desiderius Erasmus
Hardback , Oct '20
RRP: $83.94 $75.54
Erasmus Against War
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , Aug '21
RRP: $49.24 $44.31
A Merry Dialogue Declaringe the Properties of Shrowde Shrews and Honest Wives
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , May '23
RRP: $50.33 $45.29
Mori] Encomium: Or, the Praise of Folly. Made English from the Latin of Erasmus. by W. Kennet ... Adorn'd with Forty-Eight Copper Plates, ... from the Designs of the Celebrated Hans Holbeine the Fifth Edition.
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , Jun '10
RRP: $76.27 $68.64
Moriae Encomium: Or, the Praise of Folly. Made English from the Latin of Erasmus. by W. Kennett ... Adorn'd with Forty Six Copper Plates, ... from the Designs of the Celebrated Hans Holbeine.
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , Aug '10
RRP: $73.62 $66.25
Erasmi Colloquia Selecta; Or, the Select Colloquies of Erasmus. with an English Translation, as Literal as Possible Designed for the Use of Beginners ... the Twenty First Edition. by John Clarke, ...
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , May '10
RRP: $68.32 $61.48
A Devout Christian's Preparative to Death. Written by Erasmus, Now Render'd Into English. to Which Are Added, Meditations, Prayers and Directions for Sick and Dying Persons. by Robert Warren, ... the Third Edition.
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , Jun '10
RRP: $68.32 $61.48
Desid. Erasmi Roterodami Colloquia Familiaria Selecta. Juxta Editiones Probatissimas. in Usum Scholarum.
Desiderius Erasmus
Paperback , May '10
RRP: $57.70 $51.93