The Praise of Folly - The Original Classic Edition (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, and his distinction between a person of piety and a religious person (the latter attracting his scorn...

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 the footnotes were not that helpful.

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. And yet he often orders a different dress, and makes him that came but just now off in the robes of...

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 read, and I love Folly's voice.