The Miraculous Versatility of Apophthegms
Apophthegms circulated not only in collections, but also as parts of all sorts of texts. This article explores the relation between apophthegm and context in passages from Erasmus’ correspondence, Declarationes (1532), and Ecclesiastes (1535). From the point of view of the reader, the apophthegm is...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2014
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Erasmus studies
Year: 2014, Volume: 34, Issue: 2, Pages: 73-91 |
| RelBib Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance VA Philosophy |
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Erasmus
apophthegms
context
argutia
correspondence
philosophy
Ecclesiastes
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | Apophthegms circulated not only in collections, but also as parts of all sorts of texts. This article explores the relation between apophthegm and context in passages from Erasmus’ correspondence, Declarationes (1532), and Ecclesiastes (1535). From the point of view of the reader, the apophthegm is a surprising illustration of the argument. For the author, however, it may have been the starting-point of a passage, as appears from Erasmus’ De conscribendis epistolis. In his dedicatory letter to his own collection of apophthegms (1531), Erasmus stresses that these anecdotes offer more philosophy than one may suspect at first sight. This is corroborated by the passages discussed. |
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| Contains: | In: Erasmus studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18749275-03402003 |