The foolish mind, that is forever running after pleasures, is never satisfied.
— Erasmus Early Modern

Humanist scholar

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In Praise of Folly

Date / Period

1511

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Controversial

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/931/931-h/931-h.htm

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