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Desiderius Erasmus
Collected Works of Erasmus
Apophthegmata

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Assembled for the young Prince William of Cleves, Erasmus’ Apophthegmata consists of thousands of sayings and anecdotes collected from Greek and Latin literature for the moral education of the future ruler. Betty I. Knott and Elaine Fantham’s two-volume annotated translation of the aphorisms and Erasmus’ commentary on them makes this once popular literary and educational text accessible to modern audiences. The introduction discusses the origins of the Apophthegmata, the contents of the collection, and Erasmus’ sources.Volumes 37 and 38 of the Collected Works of Erasmus series – Two-volume set.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 1056 ● ISBN 9781442622807 ● Translator Elaine Fantham ● Publisher University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division ● Published 2015 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 6567376 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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