Adages

They transformed their letter pages, Adages, into a blog.

Strange Attractor » 2007 » September 2009

When he arrived in Rome in the late winter of 1509, he found a warm welcome, for his publications, especially the Aldine edition of the Adages and perhaps some of his translations from Greek, had established his reputation as an able classical scholar.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

There he worked amid the bustle of the print shop for eight months on the new Adages, surrounded by the cluster of classical scholars (including several native Greeks) who constantly brought to his attention additional Greek authors from whom he could extract new items.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Adages in 1513 and now had in his hands a vastly expanded version of the same book.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

The Adages became not only a handy tool for those who wrote in Latin but also a medium for expressing Erasmus 'opinions, and the book was another literary and financial success, frequently reprinted throughout the century.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Once he and his two pupils were settled at Bologna, Erasmus formed friendships with local humanists, consulted Greek manuscripts, and worked on translations from Greek and on a new, vastly expanded edition of his collection of ancient proverbs, the Adages.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Adages expressed by the elite of the Mughal era indicate this anti-oceanic perspective: "Merchants who travel by sea are like silly worms clinging to logs."

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This new edition marks the beginning of a new literary function for the Adages.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Erasmus had several matters to settle with him when he arrived in mid-August, beginning with production of the new and significantly enhanced edition of the Adages.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

In this adage Erasmus deplores the insouciance with which contemporary rulers rush into war for the most trivial reasons and the cruelty and barbarity with which it is waged, “not only by pagans but even by Christians, not only by laymen, but even by priests and bishops” (Adages IV. i.1, in CWE 35: 401), not only by young and inexperienced rulers but even by old ones who ought to know better.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008