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Erasmus

Also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Desiderius Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Erasmus Von Rotterdam Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Erasmus von Rotterdam, Erasmus Rotterdam

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.

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Erasmus of Rotterdam was a Dutch scholar of the Renaissance period (c. 1466–1536) who made major contributions to humanist thought, Christian theology, and language studies through his influential writings and translations. His work significantly shaped Western intellectual culture and helped define the Northern Renaissance movement.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1731
Died: 1802
Works: 133

Top works

The poetical works of Erasmus Darwin ...
Beauties of The botanic garden
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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Stockholm
Active from: 1466
Active to: 1536

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Listeners: 7,905
Total plays: 35,701

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Lifespan: 1469–1536
Nationality: NL, CH, NLD, XX
Role / Field: Theologians, Humanists, Authors, Priests, Philosophers, Teologia
Language: lat, nld, dut
Gender: Male

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Quotes

“Animals only follow their natural instincts; but man, unless he has experienced the influence of learning and philosophy, is at the mercy of impulses that are worse than those of a wild beast. There is no beast more savage and dangerous than a human being who is swept along by the passions of ambition, greed, anger, envy, extravagance, and sensuality.”
“No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.”
“I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb them, batter them, wear them out, who fill out all the margins with annotations of many kinds, and who prefer the marks of a fault they have erased to a neat copy full of faults.”
“A constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drudgery, for no activity can be continued for long if it does not to some extent afford pleasure to the participant.”
“You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.”
“Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.”

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Key facts

Scholar.honorific_prefix: The Reverend Father, later Doctor ('), Imperial Councillor (')
Scholar.name: Desiderius Erasmus
Scholar.era: Northern Renaissance
Scholar.image: Holbein-erasmus.jpg
Scholar.caption: Erasmus, in a 1523 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Scholar.other_names: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Scholar.birth_place: Rotterdam or Gouda, Burgundian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Scholar.known_for: New Testament translations and exegesis, satire, pacificism, letters, author and editor
Scholar.death_place: Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy
Scholar.main_interests: Bonae litterae Philology Pastoral theology Patristics Catholic theology Political philosophy Philosophy of education Criticism of Protestantism
Scholar.notable_works: The Praise of Folly Handbook of a Christian Knight On Civility in Children Julius Excluded The Education of a Christian Prince Novum Instrumentum omne On Free Will
Scholar.notable_ideas: Philosophia Christi Biblical ad fontes Erasmian pronunciation Critique of just war theory accommodation Lectio difficilior potior
Scholar.influences: Gospels Jerome Origen Lorenzo Valla John Colet Jean Vitrier John Fisher Aldus Manutius Cicero Socrates Augustine of Hippo Thomas Aquinas
Scholar.influenced: Thomas More Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Huldrych Zwingli Johannes Oecolampadius William Tyndale John Calvin Wolfgang Capito Damião de Góis François Rabelais Miguel de Cervantes William Shakespeare Ignatius of Loyola Francis De Sales John Henry Newman Henri de Lubac
Scholar.awards: Counsellor to Charles V. (hon.)
Clergy.child: yes
Clergy.religion: Christianity
Clergy.church: Catholic Church

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Commons category: Desiderius Erasmus
date of birth: 1469-10-28
date of death: 1536-07-12
name in native language: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Commons Creator page: Desiderius Erasmus
P12749: Bovernier
P13311: Ludorf

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Erasmus, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Contents

Works
New Testament editions
Notable writings
Life and career
Early life
Vows, ordination and canonry experience
Disengagement
Travels
Paris
First visit to England (1499–1500)
France and Brabant
Second visit to England (1505–1506)
Italy
Third visit to England (1510–1515)
Flanders and Brabant
Basel (1521–1529)
Freiburg (1529–1535)
Fates of friends
Death in Basel
Thought and views
Manner of thinking
Manner of expression
Irony
Copiousness
Pacifism
War
Intra-Christian religious toleration<span class="anchor" id="Religious toleration"></span>
Heresy and sedition
Outsiders
Turks
Jews
Slaves
Politics
Religious reform
Personal Reform
Proper attitude to sacraments
Catholic reform
Institutional reforms
Anti-fraternalism
Protestant reform
Increasing disagreement with Luther
Dispute on free will
"False evangelicals"
Other
Philosophy
Classical
Anti-scholasticism
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Theology
Accommodation
Inverbation
Scopus christi
Mystical theology
Theological writings
Legacy and evaluations
Personal
Health
Clothing
Signet ring and personal motto
{{anchor|Representations}}Visual representations
In literature and media
Name used
Exhumation
Notes
References
Further reading
Biographies
Topics
Non-English
Primary sources
External links
Non-English
Media
Video

Erasmus was an important figure in Renaissance classical scholarship who wrote in a spontaneous, copious and correct but natural Latin style. As a Catholic priest developing humanist techniques for working on texts, he prepared pioneering new Latin and Greek scholarly editions of the New Testament and of the Church Fathers, with annotations and commentary that were immediately and vitally influential in both the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Reformation. He also wrote On Free Will, The Praise of Folly, The Complaint of Peace, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style and many other academic, popular and pedagogical works.