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Triumph und Tragik des Erasmus von Rotterdam (original 1934; edition 1981)

by Stefan Zweig

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Zweig explore l'existence d'Erasme, les rapports secrets de son physique et de son genie, le combat inegal de l'humanisme serein et pacifiste contre le fanatisme revolutionnaire de Luther.
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Title:Triumph und Tragik des Erasmus von Rotterdam
Authors:Stefan Zweig
Info:FISCHER Taschenbuch (1981), Edition: 23, Sondereinband, 192 pages
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Erasmus of Rotterdam by Stefan Zweig (Author) (1934)

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Another nice biography from Stefan Zweig. Amazing that everyone was and is still talking about Martin Luther but rarely anyone about Erasmus. ( )
  iffland | Mar 19, 2022 |
Very much of its time (1934). Not a thick "Life and Times" but an impressionistic -- and perceptive -- character sketch. The tragedy of Erasmus was to possess an irenic spirit in a time when everyone was choosing sides, often with deadly consequences. It is not surprise Zweig felt a sympathy toward him. ( )
  HenrySt123 | Jul 19, 2021 |
This triumphant biography belongs to an exclusive charter: there are few books which I can say I read in an evening alone. I checked this out from the library and upon returning home from work I was summoned to accompany my wife to Target. I sat on the store's hipster furniture and read for almost a hour, another patron cautioned that the store didn't care for customers to sleep on the premises. I finished the book upon the return home. The book tackles such an enigmatic author and the conclusion where an ailing Erasmus is greeted by Rabelais is simply heart breaking. ( )
  jonfaith | Feb 22, 2019 |
Non-fiction, biography, Erasmus, humanism, scholarship, literature, religion, Reformation, Martin Luther
  subbobmail | Jun 13, 2014 |
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Ich versuchte zu erfahren, ob Erasmus von Rotterdam bei jener Partei sei. Aber ein gewisser Kaufmann erwiderte mir: >Erasmus est homo pro se
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...het humanisme echter, de erasmiaanse leer, die voor generlei hartstocht van den haat plaats heeft, richt heroïsch haar geduldige inspanning op een ver en nauwelijks zichtbaar doel, zij is en blijft een ideaal der geestes-aristocratie, zolang het volk, dat zij zich droomt, zolang de Europesche natie geen werkelijkheid geworden is. Tegelijk idealisten en toch kenners der menselijke natuur, mogen daarom de aanhangers eender toekomende eenheid der mensen nimmer in het onzekere daarover zijn dat hun werk bestendig door de eeuwige irrationaliteit der hartstochten bedreigd wordt, zij moeten er zich opofferend van bewust blijven, dat door de tijden heen telkens weer een stortvloed van fanatisme, samengestuwd uit de oerdiepten der menselijke driften, alle dammen overstromen en verbreken zal; bijna iedere nieuwe generatie ervaart zulk een tegenslag en het is dan ook haar morele taak, dien zonder innerlijke verwarring te doorstaan.
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Zweig explore l'existence d'Erasme, les rapports secrets de son physique et de son genie, le combat inegal de l'humanisme serein et pacifiste contre le fanatisme revolutionnaire de Luther.

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