01920cam a22003493u 4500 46903 UtSlPG 20260610134058.0 m cr n 260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG de iso639-1 PA Erasmus, Desiderius, 1469-1536 Moriae encomium. German Das Lob der Narrheit Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2014 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_Praise_of_Folly Wikipedia page about this book: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lob_der_Torheit Release date is 2014-09-19 Produced by Jana Srna, Norbert H. Langkau, Reiner Ruf, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Das Lob der Narrheit" by Desiderius Erasmus is a satirical work written in 1509 during his stay in England. In this ironic masterpiece, Folly herself takes the stage as a female speaker, praising her own virtues and influence over humanity. She claims dominion over all people—merchants, princes, monks, scholars, and clergy—exposing their vices and foolishness through witty rhetoric. With daughters named Self-Love, Flattery, Forgetfulness, Laziness, and Pleasure, Folly argues that human happiness depends on embracing absurdity rather than wisdom, creating a sharp mirror of Renaissance society. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Original publication data not identified Folly -- Early works to 1800 Bierbaum, Otto Julius, 1865-1910 Holbein, Hans, 1497-1543 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46903 87742 87742