Collected Works of Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus, Craig Thompson - 9781487520731

Desiderius Erasmus

Collected Works of ErasmusLiterary and Educational Writings, 1 and 2\nAuthor(s): Desiderius Erasmus, Craig Thompson\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Toronto Press, Canada\nImprint: University of Toronto Press\nISBN-13: 9781487520731, 978-1487520731\nSynopsis\nThese volumes are the first in a series containing works by Erasmus 'that concern literature and education': interests which to him were scarcely separable. The aim of Erasmian education was a civilized life, expressed in Christian piety and the fulfilment of public and private duties and embellished by learning and literature. Towards these ends the soundest training for youth was what Erasmus often called bonne litterae, 'good letters,' a literary and rhetorical training based on Greek and Latin authors. For centuries the classical curriculum was the core of liberal education, and Erasmus was long regarded as its exemplar. Though never a university teacher except briefly at Cambridge [tel], he was a 'teacher of tea.