erasmus

1. DESIDARIUS ERASMUS

2.  BORN: Oct. 27, 1466 Rotterdam Burgundian
Netherlands
 DIED: July 12, 1536 (69 y/o)
 OTHER NAMES: Roterodamus, Erasmus of
Rotterdam
 Era: Renaissance Philosophy
 MAIN INTERESTS:Christian Philosophy
Renaissance Humanism

3. Some of his works
 Latin and Greek translation of New
Testament
 On FreeWill

4. Praise of Folly:

5. Early life
 He was christened "Erasmus" after the saint of that name meaning
beloved.
 His father, Gerard, was a Catholic priest and curate in Gouda.
 Erasmus was cared for by his parents until their early deaths from
the plague in 1483
 Erasmus was given the highest education available to a young man
of his day, in a series of monastic or semi-monastic schools.At the
age of nine, he and his older brother Peter were sent to one of the
best Latin schools in the Netherlands,
 His education there ended when plague struck the city about 1483,
and his mother, who had moved there to provide a home for her
sons, died of the infection

6. Professional life
 There is some evidence, during this time, of a relationship with a
fellow male student, but scholars are not in agreement as to its
extent.
 The bishop enabled Erasmus to travel to Paris, France, to study
classical literature and Latin, and it was there that he was introduced
to Renaissance humanism.
 In 1499, he traveled to England and metThomas More and John
Colet,
 Erasmus divided his time between France, the Netherlands and
England

7.  Thomas More

8.  In 1499, while in England, Erasmus was particularly impressed by the
Bible teaching of John Colet
 This prompted him, upon his return from England, to master the
Greek language
 in 1506 he graduated as Doctor of Divinity
 In 1512, he began his work on this Latin NewTestament.
 In the second (1519) edition, the more familiar
term Testamentum was used instead of Instrumentum.This edition
was used by Martin Luther in his German translation of the Bible,
written for people who could not understand Latin
 The third edition of 1522 was probably used byTyndale for the first
English NewTestament (Worms, 1526) and was the basis for the
1550 Robert Stephanus edition used by the translators of the Geneva
Bible and King JamesVersion of the English Bible.
 Erasmus dedicated his work to Pope Leo X

9. Beginnings of Protestantism
 Martin Luther's movement began in the year following the
publication of the NewTestament and tested Erasmus' character.
The issues between growing religious movements, which would
later become known as Protestantism,

10. Disagreement with Luther
 Noting Luther's criticism of the CatholicChurch, Erasmus described
him as "a mighty trumpet of gospel truth" while agreeing,
 Luther hoped for his cooperation and urged him to join the
Lutheran party. Erasmus declined to commit himself, arguing that to
do so would endanger his position as a leader in the movement
 When Erasmus hesitated to support him, the straightforward Luther
became angered that Erasmus was avoiding the responsibility due
either to cowardice or a lack of purpose. However, any hesitancy on
the part of Erasmus stemmed, not from lack of courage or
conviction, but rather from a concern over the mounting disorder
and violence of the reform movement.

11. Death
 When his strength began to fail, he decided to accept an invitation
by Queen Mary of Hungary, Regent of the Netherlands, to move
from Freiburg to Brabant. However, during preparations for the
move in 1536, he suddenly died from an attack of dysentery during a
visit to Basel
 Although he had remained loyal to the papal authorities in Rome, he
did not receive the last rites of the CatholicChurch
 Last rites- the last prayers and ministrations given to many Catholics
when possible shortly before death
 His last words, as recorded by his friend Beatus Rhenanus, were
apparently "lieve God" (Dutch: DearGod

12. Bungo ni Erasmus

13. Praise of Folly

14.  is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius
Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511
 Erasmus revised and extended the work, which he originally wrote in
the space of a week while sojourning with SirThomas More
 Folly
 The eponymous narrator of the treatise, Folly is an excellent orator.
She is the daughter of Plutus (god of riches) and Neotes (youth) and
was nursed by Methe (tipsy) and Apaedia (ninny). She speaks in the
manner of a traditional Renaissance humanist, peppering her words
with proverbs and classical allusions. Her tone is lighthearted for
most of the treatise, but grows stricter when she begins considering
the foibles of religious men.

15.  and states that she is going to act like a Sophist whose job was to
praise gods and men
 Folly plans to sing her own praises because, after all, who knows her
better than she knows herself?There is no need to do what the
pundits and patricians do when they hire a sycophantic and servile
rhetorician to extol their merits.
 In this first section, Folly explains how, without her, marriages and
childbirth would not exist. Old age is mitigated by her presence. Her
adherents are plump and happy, while wise men who labor
unceasingly can be assured that they will grow old and haggard
before their time.The gods, of course, are completely in her debt.

16.  In the second section, Folly moves to criticize various academic and
social classes. She begins with lawyers and doctors and then moves
to philosophers, gamblers, hunters, superstitious folk, authors of
books, poets, businessmen, grammarians, men obsessed with their
lineage and ancestry, artists and performers, and even nations and
cities themselves.
 Monks content themselves with a life of rules and good works,
forgetting about the gospel. Popes, cardinals, and bishops live a life
of luxury. Princes ignore what is best for their country and indulge
their whims.
 In the third section, Folly leaves behind her procession of foolish
men and turns to the idea of the Christian fool..Christ was in fact the
biggest fool of all, as he "became sin in order to redeem sinners"
(81).The whole Christian religion bears more of a resemblance to
folly than wisdomWhen Folly concludes her treatise, however, she
does remind her listeners to enjoy life as much as possible as the
"most illustrious disciples of Folly."