Collected Works of Erasmus Volume 32: Adages: I vi 1 to I x 100

Desiderius Erasmus; R,A,B, Mynors [trans]

ISBN 10: 0802024122 / ISBN 13: 9780802024121

Published by University of Toronto Press, 1989

About this Item

Minor shelf wear to book and dust jacket. Otherwise a tight, unmarked volume. ix, 412 pp.

Seller Inventory # 066515

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Works of Erasmus Volume 32: Adages: I vi 1 to I x 100
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Publication Date: 1989
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0802024122
• ISBN 13: 9780802024121
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good+
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Philosophy

About this title

Synopsis

‘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.

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.
R.A.B. Mynors is Corpus Christi Professor of Latin, Oxford University.