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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam

Erasmus
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Born c. (1466-10-28)28 October 1466
Rotterdam or Gouda, Burgundian Netherlands
Died 12 July 1536(1536-07-12) (aged 69)
Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy
Other names Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Erasmus of Rotterdam
Alma mater Queens' College, Cambridge
Collège de Montaigu, Paris
University of Turin
Era Renaissance philosophy
Region Western philosophy
Institutions University of Leuven
Main interests
Christian philosophy
Renaissance humanism
Notable ideas
Erasmian pronunciation

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (/ˌdɛzɪˈdɪəriəs ɪˈræzməs/; 28 October 1466 – 12 July 1536), known as Erasmus or Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch/Netherlandish Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian.

Erasmus was a classical scholar and wrote in a pure Latin style. Among humanists he enjoyed the sobriquet "Prince of the Humanists", and has been called "the crowning glory of the Christian humanists". 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. He also wrote On Free Will,The Praise of Folly, Handbook of a Christian Knight, On Civility in Children, Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style, Julius Exclusus, and many other works.


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