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    In Praise of Folly
    In Praise of Folly
    In Praise of Folly
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    In Praise of Folly

    By Desiderius Erasmus and White Kennett

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    NOT YOUR PROFESSOR'S FOLLY.


    In 1925, the celebrated Chicago publisher Pascal Covici brought out an eclectic if unorthodox edition of In Praise of Folly, the classic Renaissance-era essay by philosopher and theologian Desiderius Erasmus. A work of many hands, the limited edition of eleven hundr

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    PublisherEther Editions
    Release dateDec 15, 2023
    ISBN9781962179034
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    Desiderius Erasmus

    Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (28 October 1466 – 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch Christian humanist who is widely considered to have been the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance. (Wikipedia)

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