Search engine for discovering works of Art, research articles, and books related to Art and Culture
Javascript must be enabled to continue!
Erasmus among the Dialecticians: Copia and Its Discontents
View through CrossRef
Abstract
Erasmus’ sceptical attitude towards the discipline of dialectic in his early writings is well known. In this article, I revisit Erasmus’ relationship with the arts of reasoning, tracing a trajectory from The Praise of Folly and De Copia to his final work, Ecclesiastes. Erasmus’ treatise on preaching, I suggest, develops a new approach to copious speech and writing by combining the resources of rhetoric and dialectic, in dialogue with the textbooks on the arts of discourse that had appeared in the 25 years since the composition of The Praise of Folly.
Title: Erasmus among the Dialecticians: Copia and Its Discontents
Description:
Abstract
Erasmus’ sceptical attitude towards the discipline of dialectic in his early writings is well known.
In this article, I revisit Erasmus’ relationship with the arts of reasoning, tracing a trajectory from The Praise of Folly and De Copia to his final work, Ecclesiastes.
Erasmus’ treatise on preaching, I suggest, develops a new approach to copious speech and writing by combining the resources of rhetoric and dialectic, in dialogue with the textbooks on the arts of discourse that had appeared in the 25 years since the composition of The Praise of Folly.
Related Results
Pierre Bayle’s Erasmus
Pierre Bayle’s Erasmus
Abstract
Desiderius Erasmus (1466?-1536) and Pierre Bayle (1647–1706) are two of the most respected figures in the Republic of Letters. Their names are often joined due to sim...
Erasmus on (Immoderate) Shame
Erasmus on (Immoderate) Shame
Abstract
Erasmus did not set out a formal theory of shame, yet he developed a subtle and wide-ranging engagement with the emotion across his ...
In Defense of Erasmus’ Critics
In Defense of Erasmus’ Critics
Abstract
The article confirms Andrew J. Brown’s thesis that despite carrying colophons with dates in the first decade of the sixteenth century, the four sumptuous manuscripts o...
The Erasmus+ Programme and Sustainable Development Goals—Contribution of Mobility Actions in Higher Education
The Erasmus+ Programme and Sustainable Development Goals—Contribution of Mobility Actions in Higher Education
Erasmus+ is an EU programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014–2021 with a major impact at the international level. These areas are making im...
Erasmus, Desiderius (c.1466–1536)
Erasmus, Desiderius (c.1466–1536)
Although Erasmus was not a systematic philosopher, he gave a philosophical cast to many of his writings. He believed in the human capacity for self-improvement through education an...
Erasmus Birthday Lecture 2015
Erasmus Birthday Lecture 2015
Erasmus’ famous elusiveness can be linked to a marked preference for media and genres that allowed for a persona, a mask, behind which the ‘real’ Erasmus could disappear at will. T...
Madness as a figure in the thought of Desiderius Erasmus
Madness as a figure in the thought of Desiderius Erasmus
The work called Praise of Folly, written by Desiderius Erasmus, the shining star of the Renaissance, is the focus of this study. The problem of insanity is one of the issues that h...
Thomas Robertson and the Pedagogical Uses of Erasmus in Early Tudor Grammar Schools
Thomas Robertson and the Pedagogical Uses of Erasmus in Early Tudor Grammar Schools
Abstract
Erasmus’ educational theories were popularized during the first half of the sixteenth century by a group of Tudor educators, who used the medium of elementary Latin gr...