Unpublished Paper
Exemplarity and the use of antiquity in Erasmus
(2001)
Abstract
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.
Keywords
- Erasmus,
- antiquity,
- exemplarity,
- historicism
Disciplines
Publication Date
2001
Citation Information
Brian W. Ogilvie. "Exemplarity and the use of antiquity in Erasmus" (2001) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/brian_ogilvie/2/