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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Brian W. Ogilvie

2001

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Exemplarity And The Use Of Antiquity In Erasmus, Brian W. Ogilvie Jan 2001

Exemplarity And The Use Of Antiquity In Erasmus, Brian W. Ogilvie

Brian W. Ogilvie

This paper explores Erasmus’s creative response to the tension between his idealization of antiquity and his Christian commitments. Because he did not distinguish ethical judgments from taste, Erasmus contradicted himself on the value of antiquity and hedged it about with many restrictions.

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