Adagia

See our author, "Cato Minor," p. 769 B. [533] A Greek proverb, see Erasmus, "Adagia," p. 921.

Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch

In the sixteenth century the term became known through the "Adagia" of Erasmus, and came into use to designate the coherence of dissenters in spite of their difference of opinions, especially with reference to theological divisions.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

The scholastic method of instruction then prevalent at Paris was so repugnant to him that he spent much of his time travelling through France and the Netherlands, receiving occasionally friendly help; he was also for a while at Orléans, where he worked at his collection of proverbs, the later "Adagia".

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

"Adagia", a collection of Greek and Latin proverbs, and in 1508 another greatly enlarged edition of the same; in 1502 appeared the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

"Adagia" in 1500, marks the advent of a more critical and selective spirit, which from that date onward has been gradually gaining strength in the modern mind.

Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots John Addington Symonds 1866

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Adagia: Wallace Stevens on Life and Poetry 2009

A selection from Wallace Stevens's Adagia – his aphorisms or materia poetica – culled from Opus Posthumous:

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A selection from Wallace Stevens's Adagia – his aphorisms or materia poetica – culled from Opus Posthumous:

Adagia: Wallace Stevens on Life and Poetry 2009

An even more telling example of Erasmus 'desire to link any praise of Socrates with a Christian theme is Erasmus' adage Sileni Alcibiadis (“The Sileni of Alcibiades”), first published in the expanded Adagia of 1515.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008

Adagia published in 1515, and then repeated in his preface addressed to Paul Volz.

Desiderius Erasmus Nauert, Charles 2008