Penguin Classics Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp, (Paperback)

from AJBraithwaite

An interesting insight into the mind of an extremely thoughtful, well-educated man of the early sixteenth century. I enjoyed his digs at the superstitions and corruption of the church of his day, a...

from Velmeran

I found this book to be very difficult to read and understand. I have no doubts that Erasmus was brilliant and that I missed his best jokes and allusions, but it needs far more context to read, and...

from jonfaith

And what is all this life but a kind of comedy, wherein men walk up and down in one another's disguises and act their respective parts, till the property-man brings them back to the attiring house....

from Unreachableshelf

I read this for the first time as an assignment back in my college days. I pulled my copy off of the shelf yesterday and discovered I was glad that I kept it. It's a funny and surprisingly fast rea...