Catonis Disticha Moralia

Andrew Irving; W. M. Bloomer

Catonis Disticha Moralia

Christianity and the History of Ideas

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The Distischa Catonis was in origin a late first-century collection of Latin proverbs used in Roman, medieval, and renaissance schools to teach good Latin and good morals. That this work was a fundamental text of Western schooling, which formed attitudes towards wisdom transmitted from the past, and taught the rudiments of correct Latinity, makes its study an important chapter in pedagogic, moral, and intellectual history. Erasmus published his edition of this influential text with brief comments in 1514, which, for his authorized and many more unauthorized printers was a great business success.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Ordinis noni tomus decimus
Subtitle of host publication	Apologiae et Disticha Catonis
Editors	W. Martin Bloomer, Andrew James McGregor Irving, David Pierangelo Hubert Napolitano, Antonius Gerardus Weiler, Émile Telle
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	Brill
Pages	149-249
Number of pages	101
Volume	IX-10
ISBN (Print)	9789004375604
Publication status	Published - 8-Dec-2021

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Name	Opera omnia Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami
Publisher	Brill
Number	IX-10

Keywords

Erasmus
Disticha Catonis
Early Modern schooling
Moral education

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Irving, A. (Speaker)
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Catonis Disticha Moralia. / Irving, Andrew; Bloomer, W. M.
Ordinis noni tomus decimus: Apologiae et Disticha Catonis . ed. / W. Martin Bloomer; Andrew James McGregor Irving; David Pierangelo Hubert Napolitano; Antonius Gerardus Weiler; Émile Telle. Vol. IX-10 Leiden: Brill, 2021. p. 149-249 (Opera omnia Desiderii Erasmi Roterodami; No. IX-10).

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