In Praise of Folly (2014) - Folio Society edition

In Praise of Folly (2014)

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In Praise of Folly (2014) - Folio Society edition
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In Praise of Folly (2014)
Folio Society
Philosophy

In Praise of Folly (2014)

Desiderius Erasmus
Edition year 2014
Binding Paper
Illustrator Matthew Richardson
Translator Betty Radice
Weight 0.75 Kg
Pages 200
Dimensions 9 × 5¾ in

Edition details

In Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus. Introduced by Eamon Duffy. Frontispiece and 8 colour illustrations by Matthew Richardson. Bound in paper, printed with a design by Matthew Richardson. 200pp. 9x5¾in.

About the book

In Praise of Folly, Erasmus gives Folly herself the floor to deliver a witty speech about the foolishness that sustains human society. Scholars, rulers, courtiers and churchmen all become targets as she exposes the gap between their claims to wisdom and their actual behaviour. The satire moves from playful paradox towards a more searching consideration of Christian belief and spiritual humility. Written at the beginning of the sixteenth century, this work of Renaissance humanism remains an entertaining and unsettling examination of vanity, self-deception and the comfortable certainties of authority.

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