Erasmus and Philosophy. On the Concept of Philosophy Developed by Erasmus of Rotterdam
Erasmus and Philosophy. On the Concept of Philosophy Developed by Erasmus of Rotterdam

Author: Juliusz Domański

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2024-09-26

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 900470339X

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Erasmus of Rotterdam is not typically associated with the discipline of philosophy. Yet, he would himself employ the category of philosophia Christi in the sense of authentic Christianity which had not been contaminated by the abstractness and pedanticism of paganized mediaeval scholasticism. Does this reveal a contrarian attitude to philosophy in general or rather a special understanding of what a “true’ philosophy as a way of life should be? This study attempts to answer this question by assembling and closely studying from Erasmus’ extensive oeuvre his scant and occasional remarks on the concept of philosophy.

The Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ
The Stoic Origins of Erasmus' Philosophy of Christ

Author: Ross Dealy

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2017-01-01

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 1487500610

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"This study focuses on Erasmus' two-dimensional grasp of Stoicism evident in his edition of De officiis (1501) and the huge implications he saw for religion. The author argues that "The Philosophy of Christ' for which Erasmus is famous is a Christian version of Stoicism."--

Major Thinkers in Welfare
Major Thinkers in Welfare

Author: Victor George

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 1847427065

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Focusing on a range of welfare issues this book examines the views, values and perceptions of a number of theorists from ancient times to the 19th century, including Plato, St Aquinas, Hobbes, Wollstonecraft and Marx.

Truth and Irony
Truth and Irony

Author: Terence J. Martin

Publisher: CUA Press

Published: 2015-12-15

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 0813228093

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Tapping into selected works of Erasmus of Rotterdam, this book offers a series of philosophical meditations designed to retrieve and deploy a distinctively Erasmian manner of thinking - one that is capacious in its perception, agile in its judgments, and unsettling in its irony. In purpose, it takes a philosophical route, addressing perennial questions of self-knowledge - what we can know and how best to communicate what we take to be true, what we ought to do or how we should live, and what we might hope for or what would offer us fulfilment. In method, however, this work taps into the various strategies of irony at play in the works of Erasmus, looking for guidance in handling these age-old questions. What readers will find in Erasmus is a knack for playfully reversing appearances and realities, a penchant for pushing disturbing questions relentlessly to the limit, and a skill for juxtaposing oddly matched opposites. Again and again, Erasmus presses readers to rethink these fundamental questions with dexterity and nuance, ever ready to appreciate the surprising and unsettling upshot of ironic insight.

Luther and Erasmus
Luther and Erasmus

Author: Ernest Gordon Rupp

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 1969-01-01

Total Pages: 372

ISBN-13: 9780664241582

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This volume includes the texts of Erasmus's 1524 diatribe against Luther, De Libero Arbitrio, and Luther's violent counterattack, De Servo Arbitrio. E. Gordon Rupp and Philip Watson offer commentary on these texts as well. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

Erasmus and the Jews
Erasmus and the Jews

Author: Shimon Markish

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1986-02

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780226505909

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In the afterword (p. 144-154), Cohen argues against Markish's conclusions, stating that Erasmus's anti-Jewish expressions show that his anti-Judaism was frequently gratuitous and malicious. This theological anti-Judaism, which became part of European culture, was perhaps not recognized by Markish as he considers only the pogrom and the Jew-hatred of the mob as antisemitism.

Erasmus and the Age of Reformation
Erasmus and the Age of Reformation

Author: Johan Huizinga

Publisher: Princeton University Press

Published: 2014-07-14

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 1400858070

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Johan Huizinga had a special sympathy for the complex, withdrawn personality of Erasmus and for his advocacy of intellectual and spiritual balance in a quarrelsome age. This biography is a classic work on the sixteenth-century scholar/humanist. Originally published in 1984. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.