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It is true that there were ignorant monks ; it is true there were badly equipped theologians ; it is true there were followers of the scholastic philosophy who sometimes busied themselves with problems that were absurd and undignified ...
It is true that there were ignorant monks ; it is true there were badly equipped theologians ; it is true there were followers of the scholastic philosophy who sometimes busied themselves with problems that were absurd and undignified ...
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Nosoponus , who for seven years has read nothing but Cicero , is so exacting that he would regard it as a moral offense to use any word unsanctioned by his hero ; and states that , for his own part , he would rather be a true disciple ...
Nosoponus , who for seven years has read nothing but Cicero , is so exacting that he would regard it as a moral offense to use any word unsanctioned by his hero ; and states that , for his own part , he would rather be a true disciple ...
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This was true humility on the part of a man who was as great in his own sphere as Erasmus was in his . This was an admirable diffidence : not the kind that springs from a lack of confidence in one's own ability , else he would never ...
This was true humility on the part of a man who was as great in his own sphere as Erasmus was in his . This was an admirable diffidence : not the kind that springs from a lack of confidence in one's own ability , else he would never ...
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| Title | Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, Volume 2 Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, John Joseph Mangan Volume 2 of Life, Character & Influence of Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam: Derived from a Study of His Works and Correspondence, John Joseph Mangan |
| Author | John Joseph Mangan |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1927 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 7 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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