Collected Works of Erasmus: Adages: I I 1 to I V 100, Volume 31

by Erasmus

Book Overview

Erasmus' Adagia has been called 'one of the world's biggest bedside books, ' and certainly the more than 4000 proverbs and maxims gathered and commented on by Erasmus, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays, have great appeal for both scholar and educated layman. The aim of the Adages was to recapture, in this handy portmanteau form, the outlook and way of life of the classical world through its customs, legends, and social...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442631392
• ISBN13: 9781442631397
• Release Date: August 1982
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 10.0"