Ouachita Baptist University Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita Honors Theses Carl Goodson Honors Program 2001 Folly in the Garden: The Religious Satire of Erasmus and Voltaire John M. Beller Ouachita Baptist University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/honors_theses Part of the Christianity Commons, European History Commons, Intellectual History Commons, and the Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion Commons Recommended Citation Beller, John M., "Folly in the Garden: The Religious Satire of Erasmus and Voltaire" (2001). Honors Theses. 94. https://scholarlycommons.obu.edu/honors_theses/94 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Carl Goodson Honors Program at Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. It has been accepted for inclusion in Honors Theses by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Commons @ Ouachita. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ..... , -- ... ' ...... .=a.ool g ~ '1'-f Folly in tbe Garden The Religious Satire of Erasmus and Voltaire John M . Beller Ouachita Baptist University Senior Honors Thesis Table of Contents Chapter One Introduction and Satire................................................................. ........................ 1 Chapter Two Biography and History .......................................................................................... 6 Chapter Three The Satire of Erasmus..................... .................................................................... 19 Chapter Four . The Satire ofVoltaire .........................................................................................41