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Also known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, Desiderius Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, Erasmus Von Rotterdam Erasmus, Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Erasmus von Rotterdam, Erasmus Rotterdam

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus ( ; ; 28 October c. 1466 – 12 July 1536), commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Christian theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.

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Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus was a translator, philosopher, theologian, and essayist associated with Christian philosophy and Renaissance humanism. He was educated at the University of Paris, Queens' College, the University of Cambridge, and the University of Turin, and held the academic degree of Doctor of Divinity. His notable works include *In Praise of Folly*, *A handbook on manners for children*, *Adagia*, and *Familiar Colloquies*. He studied under Alexander Hegius von Heek, Jan Standonck, John Colet, and George Hermonymus.

Born in Rotterdam, Erasmus worked in that city and Basel. He died in Basel on July 12, 1536, from dysentery. He is buried in Basel Minster. Erasmus spoke Latin, Dutch, Greek, and Biblical Hebrew. He was a citizen of the Seventeen Provinces. His writings are described in sources such as the *Schilder-boeck* and the *Georgian Soviet Encyclopedia*.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1731
Died: 1802
Works: 133

Top works

The poetical works of Erasmus Darwin ...
Beauties of The botanic garden
Zoonomia
The loves of plants
Gli amori delle piante

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Film & TV

Writing

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Stockholm
Active from: 1466
Active to: 1536

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 7,905
Total plays: 35,701

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Authority record · VIAF

Lifespan: 1469–1536
Nationality: NL, CH, NLD, XX
Role / Field: Theologians, Humanists, Authors, Priests, Philosophers, Teologia
Language: lat, nld, dut
Gender: Male

Recorded by 48 libraries

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Quotes

“Animals only follow their natural instincts; but man, unless he has experienced the influence of learning and philosophy, is at the mercy of impulses that are worse than those of a wild beast. There is no beast more savage and dangerous than a human being who is swept along by the passions of ambition, greed, anger, envy, extravagance, and sensuality.”
“No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.”
“I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb them, batter them, wear them out, who fill out all the margins with annotations of many kinds, and who prefer the marks of a fault they have erased to a neat copy full of faults.”
“A constant element of enjoyment must be mingled with our studies, so that we think of learning as a game rather than a form of drudgery, for no activity can be continued for long if it does not to some extent afford pleasure to the participant.”
“You must acquire the best knowledge first, and without delay; it is the height of madness to learn what you will later have to unlearn.”
“Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.”

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Key facts

Scholar.honorific_prefix: The Reverend Father, later Doctor ('), Imperial Councillor (')
Scholar.name: Desiderius Erasmus
Scholar.era: Northern Renaissance
Scholar.image: Holbein-erasmus.jpg
Scholar.caption: Erasmus, in a 1523 portrait by Hans Holbein the Younger
Scholar.other_names: Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
Scholar.birth_place: Rotterdam or Gouda, Burgundian Netherlands, Holy Roman Empire
Scholar.known_for: New Testament translations and exegesis, satire, pacificism, letters, author and editor
Scholar.death_place: Basel, Old Swiss Confederacy
Scholar.main_interests: Bonae litterae Philology Pastoral theology Patristics Catholic theology Political philosophy Philosophy of education Criticism of Protestantism
Scholar.notable_works: The Praise of Folly Handbook of a Christian Knight On Civility in Children Julius Excluded The Education of a Christian Prince Novum Instrumentum omne On Free Will
Scholar.notable_ideas: Philosophia Christi Biblical ad fontes Erasmian pronunciation Critique of just war theory accommodation Lectio difficilior potior
Scholar.influences: Gospels Jerome Origen Lorenzo Valla John Colet Jean Vitrier John Fisher Aldus Manutius Cicero Socrates Augustine of Hippo Thomas Aquinas
Scholar.influenced: Thomas More Martin Luther Philip Melanchthon Huldrych Zwingli Johannes Oecolampadius William Tyndale John Calvin Wolfgang Capito Damião de Góis François Rabelais Miguel de Cervantes William Shakespeare Ignatius of Loyola Francis De Sales John Henry Newman Henri de Lubac
Scholar.awards: Counsellor to Charles V. (hon.)
Clergy.child: yes
Clergy.religion: Christianity
Clergy.church: Catholic Church