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Erasmus: Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466 – 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist and philosopher. He is best known for his role in the Northern Renaissance, and his critical edition of the New Testament (Novum Instrumentum omne) influenced both Protestant and Catholic scholars. See also Renaissance.
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Otfried Höffe on Erasmus - Dictionary of Arguments

Höffe I 205
Erasmus/Höffe: For the purpose of renewing Christianity from the sources of the Scriptures, including the Church Fathers, he, himself a clergyman, publishes the New Testament for the first time again in the original Greek text.
Church/Worldly Power: His much read satire “Praise of Folly” (Morias enkomion, 1511) does not merely denounce the imaginary wisdom of theologians and monks and instead praises the true one, worldly wisdom. It also criticizes the political leaders of the time, knights, kings, cardinals and popes, not least the economic elite, the merchants. In contrast, Erasmus calls for a Christian life, which he continues in his “Education of a Christian Prince” (1516) in his mirrors for princes.
Philosophy: In contrast to Machiavelli, Erasmus does not refer to history and historians, but to philosophers such as Aristotle, Seneca and Plutarch, especially to Plato with his idea of the philosopher-king, which he understands, however, according to a "Philosophia Christi" as a unity of philosophy and being a Christian. >State/Erasmus.


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Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments
The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition.

Höffe I
Otfried Höffe
Geschichte des politischen Denkens München 2016


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