| IV-4 Ordinis Quarti Tomus Quartus: Apophthegmatum Libri I-IV Contributor(s): Ter Meer (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004181733 ISBN-13: 9789004181731 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $157.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Medieval - Religion | Christianity - History - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
| Dewey: 270.6 |
| Series: Opera Omnia Desiderii Erasmi - Erasmus, Opera Omnia |
| Physical Information: 1.47" H x 7.25" W x 10.19" (2.75 lbs) 412 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Erasmus' Apophthegmata present a great number of famous, pithy, remarkable sayings by famous people from Classical Antiquity. Erasmus based his Latin version of the anecdotes on famous words in Plutarch. He follows the collection of Greek sayings in Plutarch loosely, often more or less in paraphrase, but parts are almost literal translations. In the introduction (and in the notes to the Latin text) the editor makes the case that Erasmus' handling of Plutarch's texts was very much influenced by works of his fellow humanists Traversari and Filelfo. |
