DESIDERIUS ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAM: ON COPIA OF WORDS AND IDEAS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Donald King,David Rix,Desiderius Erasmus | none | 15 Jul 1999 | Marquette University Press | 9780874622126 | English | WI, United States Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas PDF Book Nashville: Holman Reference, , Namespaces Article Talk. In their early correspondence, Luther expressed boundless admiration for all Erasmus had done in the cause of a sound and reasonable Christianity and urged him to join the Lutheran party. Erasmus also translated the Latin text into Greek wherever he found that the Greek text and the accompanying commentaries were mixed up, or where he simply preferred the Vulgate's reading to the Greek text. He also held to the Catholic doctrine of free will, which some Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination. Load Previous Page. According to an article by historian Renier Snooy — , Erasmus was born in Gouda. He did however assist his friend John Colet by authoring Greek textbooks and procuring members of staff for the newly established St Paul's School. Only as an independent scholar could he hope to influence the reform of religion. In applying the copia strategy to human affairs, Erasmus found not only an attractive literary device but also a powerful medium of discovery. Download as PDF Printable version. However, during preparations for the move in , he suddenly died from an attack of dysentery during a visit to Basel. Books by Erasmus. Thomson; annotated Wallace K. Some have taken this as evidence of an illicit affair. Queens' Rare Book and Special Collections. Desiderius was a self-adopted additional name, which he used from Catholicism portal. Nashville: Holman Reference, , p. Chapter 33 is a famous demonstration of variety, where Erasmus illustrates variations on the sentence, "Your letter delighted me greatly. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Chapters 1—12 A discussion of the general nature and value of the abundant style. Erasmus preferred for the prince to be loved, and strongly suggested a well- rounded education in order to govern justly and benevolently and avoid becoming a source of oppression. A bronze statue of him was erected in his city of birth in , replacing an earlier work in stone. In , a poll showing that most Rotterdammers believed Erasmus to be the designer of the local Erasmus Bridge [ citation needed ] , instigated the founding of the Foundation Erasmus House Rotterdam , [80] dedicated to celebrating Erasmus's legacy. Here Erasmus uses a more dialectical approach, and typically gives a few lines of theory followed by many illustrations from classical sources. Until the early 20th century, Queens' College used to have a corkscrew that was purported to be "Erasmus's corkscrew", which was a third of a metre long; even today the college still has what it calls "Erasmus's chair". The library: an illustrated history. The European Union's Erasmus Programme scholarships enable students to spend up to a year of their university courses in a university in another European country. Refresh and try again. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas Writer Chapter 33 is a famous demonstration of variety, where Erasmus illustrates variations on the sentence, "Your letter delighted me greatly. A lovely study in style and rhetorical exercises. His friendship with Fisher is the reason he chose to stay at Queens' while lecturing in Greek at the University. Retrieved 4 March K8 rated it did not like it Jan 06, Notable among these was Ulrich von Hutten , a brilliant but erratic genius who had thrown himself into the Lutheran cause and declared that Erasmus, if he had a spark of honesty, would do the same. Despite a chronic shortage of money, he succeeded in learning Greek by an intensive, day-and-night study of three years, continuously begging in letters that his friends send him books and money for teachers. Lauren rated it liked it May 23, In Rabelais and Montaigne, however, the development of humanistic methods and themes resulted in unique and memorable achievement. More Details Like Valla, who had attacked biblical textual criticism with a vengeance and proved the so-called Donation of Constantine to be a forgery, Erasmus contributed importantly to Christian philology. Following these prefatory remarks, he turns to abundance of expression, discussing and offering almost endless examples of synonyms, enallage, various figures such as metaphor and its varieties e. Miller, University of Toronto Press, pp. Erasmus has a sharp wit and likes to show it off. Erasmus made three separate revisions to the original text, adding chapters each time. In Latin eloquence, on the other hand, he was preeminent, both as stylist and theorist. When Erasmus hesitated to support him, the straightforward Luther became angered that Erasmus was avoiding the responsibility due either to cowardice or a lack of purpose. Average rating 3. Queens' College Cambridge. Immediately afterwards, he began the publication of his Paraphrases of the New Testament , a popular presentation of the contents of the several books. Erasmus was a native of the Netherlands, born at Rotterdam in the county of Holland on 27 October of some year in the late s; now seems to be the year that most biographers prefer. I will likely revisit portions of this in the future. Collected Works of Erasmus: Spiritualia. You stipulate that we should not ask for or accept anything but Holy Scripture, but you do it in such a way as to require that we permit you to be its sole interpreter, renouncing all others. Paul's, and Erasmus presented him with Copia , dedicating the book to Colet in the preface. He lays down both sides of the argument impartially. For instance, since the last six verses of Revelation were missing from his Greek manuscript, Erasmus translated the Vulgate's text back into Greek. Priests are supposed to be pure, yet when they stray, no one condemns them. Erasmus published a fourth edition in containing parallel columns of Greek, Latin Vulgate and Erasmus's Latin texts. The Ciceronianus came out in , attacking the style of Latin that was based exclusively and fanatically on Cicero's writings. In he was invited to England by William Blount, 4th Baron Mountjoy , who offered to accompany him on his trip to England. Constantine to Pope Gregory I. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. He is also blamed for the mistranslation from Greek of "to call a bowl a bowl" as "to call a spade a spade". I doubt that either side in the dispute can be suppressed without grave loss. Erasmus also wrote of the legendary Frisian freedom fighter and rebel Pier Gerlofs Donia Greate Pier , though more often in criticism than in praise of his exploits. Hampered by religious repression and compressed more severely in time, the French movement lacked the intellectual fecundity and the programmatic unity of its Italian counterpart. At the University of Cambridge , he was the Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English professor. Thomson; annotated Wallace K. He also held to the Catholic doctrine of free will, which some Reformers rejected in favor of the doctrine of predestination. New York, N. One of Erasmus's best-known works, inspired by De triumpho stultitiae written by Italian humanist Faustino Perisauli , is The Praise of Folly , published under the double title Moriae encomium Greek, Latinised and Laus stultitiae Latin. Nashville: Holman Reference, , p. For the first time ever in Europe, Greek was taught at a lower level than a university [ dubious — discuss ] and this is where he began learning it. University of Leuven. Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: On Copia of Words and Ideas Reviews He declared, "It is only fair that Paul should address the Romans in somewhat better Latin. Luther Monument , Worms. The library: an illustrated history. Thomson; annotated Wallace K. Jonathan Pyle rated it liked it Jan 24, Queens' College Cambridge. Also like Valla, he philosophically espoused a kind of Christian hedonism , justifying earthly pleasure from a religious perspective. Using humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared important new Latin and Greek editions of the New Testament, which raised questions that would be influential in the Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reformation. Copia was one such text, perhaps as an attempt to expand on Quintillian 's rhetorical guide, Institutio Oratoria. The Erasmian conception of copia , as applied in Praise of Folly , had far-ranging consequences, from negative responses by the church to enthusiastic emulation by writers such as Rabelais, Montaigne, and Shakespeare and artists such as Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. Jun 02, Mary rated it really liked it Shelves: field-exam , rhetoric. Ignatius of Loyola St. Here Erasmus uses a more dialectical approach, and typically gives a few lines of theory followed by many illustrations from classical sources. I will likely revisit portions of this in the future. Retrieved 10 February In that 10th chapter, Quintillian declined to give examples for employing the abundant style, on the grounds that each individual case requires a unique solution. Luther hoped for his cooperation in a work which seemed only the natural outcome of his own. In he composed his Ciceronian rhetorical manual De copia verborum et rerum On Copia of Words and Ideas and published his satirical Moriae encomium Praise of Folly. His legacy is marked for someone who complained bitterly about the lack of comforts and luxuries to which he was accustomed. Error rating book. His middle road approach disappointed and even angered scholars in both camps. Miller, University of Toronto Press, pp. Erasmus saw him as a dim, brutal man who preferred physical strength to wisdom.