Literary and Educational Writings, 3 and 4 : : Volume 3: De conscribendis epistolis / Formula / De civilitate. Volume 4: De pueris instituendis / De recta pronuntiatione / / Desiderius Erasmus; ed. by J.K. Sowards.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Erasmus, Desiderius,
• MitwirkendeR: Fantazzi, Charles,; McGregor, Brian,; Mynors, R. A. B.,; Pope, Maurice,; Verstraete, Beert C.,
• HerausgeberIn: Sowards, J.K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]; ©1985
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Collected Works of Erasmus ; DOBD
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (678 p.)

Erasmus was above all an educator, and his writings as a teacher and theorist give him a claim to be regarded as the greatest figure in the history of education since antiquity. By the decade of the i32os, he had become the leading spokesman for the cause of humanistic education in Europe.The five translations in Collected Works of Erasmus 23 and 26 reflect Erasmus' main ideas about education: concern for the most desirable and effective curriculum; the need to read and appreciate the best writings of the finest classical authors; the importance of well-trained, well-paid, competent, inventive, and compassionate teachers; practical advice on the temperament and conduct of parents; the provision of adequate education for women and mature students; in short, the development of a philosophy of education that would produce the kind of person best educated for the service of God and man.Contained in these volumes are the first modern English translations of De conscribendis epistolis I On the Writing of Letters, Conficiendarum epistolarum formula I A Formula for the Composition of Letters, De civilitate I On Good Manners for Boys, De pueris I A Declamation on the Subject of Early Liberal Education for Children, and De recta pronuntiatione I The Right Way of Speaking Latin and Greek A Dialogue. These works present Erasmus' educational program for children from the very young to pre-university age - a compendium of his views on the nature and value of a humanistic education that remains of importance for all times and places.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- On the Writing of Letters / De conscribendis epistolis -- A Formula for the Composition of Letters / Conficiendarum epistolarum formula -- On Good Manners for Boys / De civilitate morum puerilium -- A Declamation on the Subject of Early Liberal Education for Children / De pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis declamatio -- The Right Way of Speaking Latin and Greek: A Dialogue / De recta latini graecique sermonis pronuntiatione dialogus -- Notes -- Works Frequently Cited -- Short-Title Forms for Erasmus' Works -- Table of Contents of De conscribendis epistolis -- Table of Contents of Conficiendarum epistolarum formula -- Table of Contents of De civilitate -- Index of Vernacular Words in De pronuntiatione -- Index of Pronunciations in De pronuntiatione -- Index of Classical and Christian Sources -- General Index -- Backmatter