by Erasmo de Rotterdam · Orbis · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475305639
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«Elogio de la locura (con los grabados de Holbein)» is the satirical essay by Erasmus of Rotterdam, published by Orbis in paperback (232 pages, in Spanish).
The work gives the floor to Folly, who in a flattering and mocking speech dismantles the supposed wisdom of theologians, scholars, kings and churchmen. With irony and humor, Erasmus reflects on the human condition, religion and power, and Holbein's engravings accompany that critical gaze on the society of his time.
Published in 1984, this edition reproduces Holbein's 82 engravings and includes the translation by A. Rodríguez Bachiller.
A reference work for readers of humanist philosophy and Renaissance satire.
Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, commonly known in English as Erasmus of Rotterdam or simply Erasmus, was a Dutch humanist, Catholic theologian, and pioneering philologist and educationalist. He was, through his writings and translations, one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
