Praise of Folly by Erasmus discussion

Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466-1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, who celebrates youth, pleasure, drunkenness and sexual desire, and goes on to lambast human pretensions, foibles and frailties, to mock theologians and monks and to praise the 'folly' of simple Christian piety. Erasmus's wit, wordplay and wisdom made the book an instant success, but it also attracted what may have been sales-boosting criticism.

Text...
I would highly recommend the album listed below which contains a nice mix of music and narration.

• Text https://archive.org/details/erasmusinpraiseo00erasiala/
• Audio https://archive.org/details/folly_erasmus_0811_librivox
• Album (with Music & Narration) https://open.spotify.com/album/4Qnw72dAByBiGNe1MSZGaK

Video...

• Michael Sugrue: Literature of the Renaissance: Erasmus, In Praise of Folly https://youtu.be/po7QCNVnIzw?feature=shared
• PhilosophyTunes: How Foolishness Helps Relationships https://youtu.be/IVtWMv9yYZY?feature=shared

Podcasts...

• In Our Time: Erasmus https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bmlsy
• The Partially Examined Life: Erasmus Praises Foolishness Part 1 https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2022/10/17/ep302-1-erasmus/
• The Partially Examined Life: Erasmus Praises Foolishness Part 2 https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2022/10/24/ep302-2-erasmus/
• The Partially Examined Life: Erasmus Praises Foolishness Part 3 https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2022/10/29/preview-ep302-3-erasmus/

Other Resources..

• Standford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Desiderius Erasmus https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/erasmus/
• Course Hero: In Praise of Folly (Study Guide) https://www.coursehero.com/lit/In-Praise-of-Folly/