Erasmus on Dogs and Baths and Other Odious Comparisons

Fully aware of an antipathy to comparisons that looks back not only to ancient philosophy and law but to the early modern schoolroom, Erasmus nevertheless puts his full prestige behind the strategy so foundational to the rhetorical theory of Plato, Cicero, Quintilian and Aphthonius. This essay exami...

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Main Author: Eden, Kathy 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Erasmus studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 38, Issue: 1, Pages: 5-24
RelBib Classification:CD Christianity and Culture
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Comparison image parable Plato Cicero Quintilian Aphthonius educational reform rhetoric Adages
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)