Adages Ivi1 to Ix100 : : Ivi1 to Ix100 / / Desiderius Erasmus.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Erasmus, Desiderius,
• TeilnehmendeR: Mynors, R.A.B.
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1989
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus ; 32
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Foreword --; Adages I vi 1 to 1 x 100 --; Notes --; Works Frequently Cited --; Table of Adages
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781442670662; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781442670662
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Desiderius Erasmus.

‘A knowledge of proverbs contributes to a number of things,’ wrote Erasmus in his Introduction to the Adages, ‘but to four especially: philosophy, persuasiveness, grace and charm in speaking, and the understanding of the best authors…’ This volume contains the second 500 of the more than 4000 adages gathered and commented on by Erasmus, sometimes in a few lines and sometimes in full-scale essays. The notes identify the classical sources and indicate how Erasmus’ reading and thinking developed over the quarter-century spanned by the eight revisions of the original work. Many of the proverbs cited by Erasmus are still in our common stock of speech.