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Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Erasmus of Rotterdam
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1291481060
Total Pages : 57 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (914 download)
Download or read book Let us praise Folly written by Erasmus of Rotterdam and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-19 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful satirical piece on contemporary manners and conventions, as relevant now as at the start of the renaissance, all in Easmus' inimitable biting readably language
Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400866081
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-09 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Desiderius Erasmus (1466–1536) was a Dutch humanist, scholar, and social critic, and one of the most important figures of the Renaissance. The Praise of Folly is perhaps his best-known work. Originally written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, this satiric celebration of pleasure, youth, and intoxication irreverently pokes fun at the pieties of theologians and the foibles that make us all human, while ultimately reaffirming the value of Christian ideals. No other book displays quite so completely the transition from the medieval to the modern world, and Erasmus's wit, wisdom, and critical spirit have lost none of their timeliness today. This Princeton Classics edition of The Praise of Folly features a new foreword by Anthony Grafton that provides an essential introduction to this iridescent and enduring masterpiece.
Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher : Alma Classics
ISBN 13 : 9781847493248
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (932 download)
Download or read book Praise of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by Alma Classics. This book was released on 2013-09-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (39 download)
Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Charles Packard
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1440123640
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (41 download)
Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by Charles Packard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose masterpiece, The Praise of Folly, "in seven days, more or less" while a guest at the London home of his friend and fellow humanist, Sir Thomas More. Friends with whom Erasmus shared his manuscript arranged its publication in Paris in 1511 in an unauthorized edition. Erasmus, surprised but pleased by the immediate popularity of the work, revised it seven times, with thirty-six editions appearing during his lifetime. The Praise of Folly is a transcript of a lecture delivered in a university hall to an audience of scholars. The lecturer is the goddess Folly, a persona invented by Erasmus. Folly has chosen herself as her subject. Her incongruous costume, a scholar's robe but the belled hat of a jester, suggests (correctly) that her words will be a mix of the serious with the hilarious. Throughout the lecture, she makes her case that foolishness, not rational thought, benefits mankind more. Readers will note that most of the human foibles discussed by Folly remain with us today. This version of The Praise of Folly, the first in verse, was written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of this enduring work's creation.
Author : James Agee
Publisher : Collected Works of James Agee
ISBN 13 : 9781621900306
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Let Us Now Praise Famous Men written by James Agee and published by Collected Works of James Agee. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An Annotated Edition of the James Agee--Walker Evans Classic, with Supplementary Manuscripts"--Cover
Author : Hans Holbein
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (3 download)
Download or read book In Praise of Folly written by Hans Holbein and published by . This book was released on 2021-02 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "To know nothing is the only happiness" ― Desiderius Erasmus, Praise of Folly In Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus is a satirical attack on superstitions and other European society traditions as well as on the Western Church. Folly narrates her praising herself. She is depicted as the personification of foolishness herself. In the first section, Folly argues why she deserves all the praise and how she will give her speech. Folly takes credit for beauty, love, friendship, and even endurance of calamities- to name some. In the second section, Folly moves to criticize various academic and social classes- including those in the professional field, religious and superstitious folks, and some who pursue art. In the third section, Folly leaves behind her procession of foolish men and turns to condemn the Christians and even Christ himself. Read and decide for yourself if Folly did deserve all the praises. Add to cart and get your copy now!
Author : Charles Packard
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 149178556X
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (917 download)
Download or read book Folly on Folly written by Charles Packard and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Not for scholars, but for a new generation of readers unaware of Erasmus’s unique genius. An innovative, ingenious update.” — Kirkus Reviews. “Packard’s verse translation does what it sets out to do: enlivens what otherwise can be heavy going.” — Puckerbrush Review “Astoundingly clever.” — The Classical Outlook By his own account, Desiderius Erasmus, a Dutch monk and scholar, wrote his 1509 Latin prose masterpiece, The Praise of Folly, “in seven days, more or less” while a guest at the London home of his friend and fellow humanist Sir Thomas More. Friends with whom Erasmus shared his manuscript arranged its publication in Paris in 1511 in an unauthorized edition. Erasmus, surprised but pleased by the immediate popularity of the work, revised it seven times, with thirty-six editions appearing during his lifetime. Folly on Folly presents this classic transcript of the goddess Folly’s lecture delivered in a university hall to an audience of scholars. A persona invented by Erasmus, the goddess Folly has chosen herself as her subject. Her incongruous costume—a scholar’s robe with the belled hat of a jester—suggests (correctly) that her words will be a mix of the serious with the hilarious. Throughout the lecture, she makes her case that foolishness, not rational thought, benefits humankind more—with most of the human foibles she cites, whether secular or spiritual, remaining with us today. This version of The Praise of Folly, the first in verse, was written to commemorate the 500th anniversary of this enduring work’s creation.
Author : Sharon Biggs Waller
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101614412
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)
Download or read book A Mad, Wicked Folly written by Sharon Biggs Waller and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-01-23 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Edwardian London, a girl dreams of being an artist, despite her family's disapproval. Welcome to the world of the fabulously wealthy in London, 1909, where dresses and houses are overwhelmingly opulent, social class means everything, and women are taught to be nothing more than wives and mothers. Into this world comes seventeen-year-old Victoria Darling, who wants only to be an artist—a nearly impossible dream for a girl. After Vicky poses nude for her illicit art class, she is expelled from her French finishing school. Shamed and scandalized, her parents try to marry her off to the wealthy Edmund Carrick-Humphrey. But Vicky has other things on her mind: her clandestine application to the Royal College of Art; her participation in the suffragette movement; and her growing attraction to a working-class boy who may be her muse—or may be the love of her life. As the world of debutante balls, corsets, and high society obligations closes in around her, Vicky must figure out: just how much is she willing to sacrifice to pursue her dreams?
Author : Desiderius Erasmus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book ... In Praise of Folly written by Desiderius Erasmus and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Carmen M. Reinhart
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691152640
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)
Download or read book This Time Is Different written by Carmen M. Reinhart and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-07 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An empirical investigation of financial crises during the last 800 years.
Author : Pavlovskis
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004625305
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by Pavlovskis and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R J Schoeck
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004615164
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Erasmus Grandescens: The Growth of a Humanist's Mind and Spirituality written by R J Schoeck and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1988 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matt Woodley
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830878599
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)
Download or read book The Folly of Prayer written by Matt Woodley and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prayer can feel mysteriously difficult, boringly perfunctory and frustratingly out of our control. Often prayer brings us comfort, but sometimes, especially when there aren t easy resolutions or prayers go unanswered, it intensifies and focuses our sense of longing, pain and care. And often God uses our times of darkness and desperation to awaken our hearts to the ache within us--and the cries of those suffering around us. Prayer is all about coming before God to face life head-on, with all its jagged edges of mystery, joy, longing and agony. In fact, says pastor Matt Woodley, prayer is actually a real encounter with the untamable God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and therefore our experience of it should reflect the power, mystery and even risk of entering into relationship with the Lord of the universe. In this book Woodley strips away all the religious-speak and presuppositions we have about prayer, distilling it to the essence of wholehearted engagement with the living God. Exploring an earthy, unadorned, jargon-free approach to prayer, Woodley unpacks a host of fresh synonyms for God-encounters, including prayer as desperation, invocation, mystery, astonishment, groaning and even absence. These marginal ways of praying compel us to engage marginal people--the desperate, the groaning, the victimized and the ignored. As we pray God will open our eyes to the pain of the world around us. With stories from his own experience and biblical and historical examples, Woodley gives fresh language to describe a life grounded in prayer that leads to compassion and service.
Author : Lauren Chandler
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1433683792
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (336 download)
Download or read book Steadfast Love written by Lauren Chandler and published by B&H Publishing Group. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sometimes He wrings the worship from our hearts." There are times when worship overflows easily and effortlessly from a heart full of gratitude and praise. Yet, there are other times when God seems far and we feel we have nothing left to offer. We are tired, or thirsty, or imprisoned in our own chains through our own devices, or caught in the waves of a tumultuous sea. This is when God shows us His steadfast love. He wraps His eternally powerful, ultimately creative, nail-scarred hands around our hearts and squeezes with appropriate might—yielding an honest plea for Him to save us and deliver us from our circumstances, fears, and self control. And He does. He initiates with His steadfast love, and responds with the same. Walk with Lauren as she shares what she has learned of the steadfast love of the Lord.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (491 download)
Download or read book The Praise of Folly written by and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
