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The "Adages" of Erasmus

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An edition of Adagia (1646)

The "Adages" of Erasmus

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"Erasmus' Adages is a collection of 4151 ancient proverbs, each accompanied by a commentary explaining its history and possible uses. Though most of these commentaries are very short, some just a few lines of scholarly explication, others are lengthy essays on social and political topics. The most famous of these is 'War is sweet to those who have not tried it,' a major anti-war tract.

Many of the proverbs have passed into modern usage ('Know thyself,' 'To give someone the finger,' 'Well begun is half done'), some even retaining their Latin form (Deus ex machina). And a few, as it turns out, were created by Erasmus himself through occasional misinterpretations of the ancient sources ('Pandora's box,' 'To call a spade a spade'). The massive compendium, characterized by wit, elegance, seriousness, and occasional bursts of satire, was among the most learned and widely circulated of Latin books during the early modern period.

This annotated selection of 116 proverbs, which includes all the longer essays, is based on the translation in the Collected Works of Erasmus."--BOOK JACKET.

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Garland Pub.
Language
English

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1972, Garland Pub.
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Edition Notes

The "Adages" is a reprint of p. 296-357 of the 1964 ed. The complaint of peace is a reprint of the 1946 ed.; it includes a modernized version of T. Paynell's translation of Querela pacis and a facsim. of the Folger Shakespeare Library copy (1559).

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New York
Series
The Garland library of war and peace
Genre
Early works to 1800.
Other Titles
Complaint of peace.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
878/.0402
Library of Congress
PN6410 .E84 1972

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Pagination
1 v. (various pagings)

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL5758799M
Internet Archive
adagesoferasmus0000eras
ISBN 10
0824002121
LCCN
71147414
OCLC/WorldCat
393230
Goodreads
3901994

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