Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, known as Erasmus of Rotterdam, or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian...
NationalityDutch
ProfessionPhilosopher
Date of Birth26 October 1466
lying law qualms-about
You'll see certain Pythagorean whose belief in communism of property goes to such lengths that they pick up anything lying about unguarded, and make off with it without a qualm of conscience as if it had come to them by law.
names brain pieces
...it is a sneaking piece of cowardice for authors to put feigned names to their works, as if, like bastards of their brain, they were afraid to own them.
play actors criminal-mind
Now what else is the whole life of mortals, but a sort of comedy in which the various actors, disguised by various costumes and masks, walk on and play each ones part until the manager walks them off the stage?
christian add theologian
Only a very few can be learned, but all can be Christian, all can be devout, and – I shall boldly add – all can be theologians.
baby kissing men
Everyone knows that by far the happiest and universally enjoyable age of man is the first. What is there about babies which makes us hug and kiss and fondle them, so that even an enemy would give them help at that age?
affair obscure humans
Human affairs are so obscure and various that nothing can be clearly known.
book quality important
Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.
men long world
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men.
life inspire live-by
To know nothing is the happiest life.
heaven atheism scripture
It's the generally accepted privilege of theologians to stretch the heavens, that is the Scriptures, like tanners with a hide.
advantage born educated
It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
wise men sides
No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side.
fear prosperity pessimism
It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.
wise wisdom sin
He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all.