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Eighth-Annual Birthdday Lecture

Eighth-Annual Birthdday Lecture [35] Eighth-Annual Birthdday Lecture: From Erasmus to Montaigne (and Beyond) : Writing as Presence * by GERARD DEFAUX "... tum Socrates ad puerum: Loquere igitur, inquit, adolescens, ut te videam; significans, ingenium hominis non tam in vultu relucere, quam in oratione, quod hoc sit certissimum minimeque mendax animi speculum." Erasmus (Apophthegmata), LB 4:162D. I Erasmus and Montaigne: the topic is certainly not new, and it is today more than ever in the air. The time is gone when Raymond Lebègue could see in Rabelais "the last of the French Erasmians." Since then-let us say from the beginning of the 1960's-, many scholars have conclusively shown that, as far as French literature is concerned, Erasmus' influence extends far beyond the middle of the sixteenth century. I personally would not hesitate to say that the last and, perhaps, most authentic of all "French Erasmians" are Moliere and Samuel Chappuzeau: Moliere, who in writing his Misanthrope, his Would-be Gentleman, and his Imaginary Invalid, gave ample proof that he was an astute reader and a faithful disciple of Lady Stultitia; Samuel Chappuzeau, who in translating all of Erasmus' Colloquia for a French audience, allowed the very spirit of the "Philosophy of Christ" http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook Brill

Eighth-Annual Birthdday Lecture

Defaux, Gerard
Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook , Volume 8 (1): 35 – Jan 1, 1988
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© 1988 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0276-2854
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1874-9275
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10.1163/187492788X00079
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[35] Eighth-Annual Birthdday Lecture: From Erasmus to Montaigne (and Beyond) : Writing as Presence * by GERARD DEFAUX "... tum Socrates ad puerum: Loquere igitur, inquit, adolescens, ut te videam; significans, ingenium hominis non tam in vultu relucere, quam in oratione, quod hoc sit certissimum minimeque mendax animi speculum." Erasmus (Apophthegmata), LB 4:162D. I Erasmus and Montaigne: the topic is certainly not new, and it is today more than ever in the air. The time is gone when Raymond Lebègue could see in Rabelais "the last of the French Erasmians." Since then-let us say from the beginning of the 1960's-, many scholars have conclusively shown that, as far as French literature is concerned, Erasmus' influence extends far beyond the middle of the sixteenth century. I personally would not hesitate to say that the last and, perhaps, most authentic of all "French Erasmians" are Moliere and Samuel Chappuzeau: Moliere, who in writing his Misanthrope, his Would-be Gentleman, and his Imaginary Invalid, gave ample proof that he was an astute reader and a faithful disciple of Lady Stultitia; Samuel Chappuzeau, who in translating all of Erasmus' Colloquia for a French audience, allowed the very spirit of the "Philosophy of Christ"

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Erasmus of Rotterdam Society Yearbook – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1988

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