Nonsense daubers
Folly, speaking from her light-hearted pulpit, lays into another bunch of self-serious fools, those who write books, or as she...
Ash-covered Vulcan
Lady Folly blithely explains why it is better to be merry Bacchus (or Dionysius) than any of the more serious...
Honeyed hope
Sounds lovely, although Erasmus uses it to refer to the hare-brained gold, elixir or immortality quests of alchemists. One more...
As worried as …
I admit that I had to find the mythological reference to understand Erasmus' simile for looking anxious.Â
Yet only...
What is more praiseworthy than truth?
A question that resonates strongly today as we become accustomed to new tropes such as 'alternative facts'. Erasmus' masterpiece, first published...
Well-lubricated gods
Wise, merry Folly laughs off the boozy behaviour of tanked-up gods, treating them like so many party-animal adolescents.
From Erasmus'...
Bleary-eyed scholars
Erasmus' book was exuberantly subversive towards the entire intellectual and clerical class to which he belonged. A bestseller during his...
Erasmus on monarchs
Erasmus points out the dangers inherent in monarchies, the risk that such a concentration of power at the apex can...
Foam-flecked sea
A fine rhythm to this triologism, and a vivid image. This is Lady Folly speaking, in praise of herself and...
Seneca the Stoic
Erasmus' triologism to describe Seneca as a dyed in the wool Stoic. I prefer the alliteration of 'double-dyed'.
Folly’s pedigree
Erasmus' timeless Praise of Folly has the foolish lady up in the pulpit, mocking all comers with humour and charm,...
Of tolerance and tender ears
500 years ago, in an age apparently less tolerant than our own, Erasmus made a plea for free speech, particularly...
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