The Praise of Folly Complete Text
The Praise of Folly e-text contains the full text of The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus.
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Folly is found everywhere; she lists various academic and social classes of men who rely upon folly for their accomplishments or who indulge in her offerings to gain fame and happiness. This life includes: doctors, lawyers, mystics, gamblers,...
Not only is Erasmus's work structured as a speech, but there are many explicit and implicit comments on oratory. Early on, Folly insists she will not use the common oratorical tricks, and yet ironically proceeds to use them nevertheless. As he...