The Praise of Folly

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gptkbp:bfsLayer 4
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Erasmus_of_Rotterdam
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:theatre
gptkb:film
musical adaptations
gptkbp:author gptkb:Desiderius_Erasmus
gptkbp:cultural_significance European literature
gptkbp:dedication gptkb:Thomas_More
gptkbp:format gptkb:Author
gptkbp:genre gptkb:comic_book
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Praise of Folly
gptkbp:impact humanism
gptkbp:influence gptkb:church
Christian humanism
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Voltaire
gptkb:Montesquieu
gptkb:Diderot
gptkb:Rabelais
gptkb:Swift
gptkbp:inspired later satirists
gptkbp:is_available_in gptkb:Google_Books
gptkb:archive
gptkb:novel
gptkbp:is_cited_in gptkb:literary_work
gptkbp:is_criticized_for scholasticism
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:length short
gptkbp:main_character gptkb:Folly
gptkbp:next_edition 1511
gptkbp:notable_quote " Folly is the mother of all virtues."
" The wise man is the one who knows he is a fool."
" The greatest folly is to be wise in a world of fools."
" To be wise is to be foolish in the eyes of the foolish."
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:In_Praise_of_Folly
gptkbp:published_by 1511
gptkbp:publisher gptkb:Johannes_Froben
gptkbp:style rhetorical
gptkbp:targets gptkb:diocese
gptkb:philosopher
gptkb:political_movement
gptkb:Educational_Institution
gptkbp:theme critique of society
gptkbp:title gptkb:Stultitiae_Laus
gptkbp:translated_into gptkb:N._H._Smith
gptkb:John_Wilson
gptkb:French
gptkb:Native_American_tribe
English
gptkbp:written_by gptkb:Desiderius_Erasmus