Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, theologian, and philosopher. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Rotterdam
- Educated at
- College of SorbonneCollège de MontaiguCity GymnasiumUniversity of Cambridge
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Alexander Hegius von Heek🎓 Jan Standonck
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Jacob Milich
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I am a lover of liberty. I will not and I cannot serve a party."
"We must learn how to imitate Cicero from Cicero himself. Let us imitate him as he imitated others."
"I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use thumb them, batter them, wear them out, …"
"I have no patience with those who say that sexual excitement is shameful and that venereal stimuli have their origin not in nature, but in sin. Nothing is so far from the truth. As if marriage, whose …"
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Timeline
1466
Born
Birth1536
Died
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