Erasmus
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1. Erasmus - Noun
2. Erasmus - Proper noun
Meaning
Dutch humanist and theologian who was the leading Renaissance scholar of northern Europe; although his criticisms of the Roman Catholic Church led to the Reformation, he opposed violence and condemned Martin Luther (1466-1536)
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A mere nothing, a tiny fibre, something that could never be found by the most delicate anatomy, would have made of Erasmus and Fontenelle two idiots, and Fontenelle himself speaks of this very fact in one of his best dialogues.
After comparing what writings he could find, Erasmus wrote corrections between the lines of the manuscripts he was using (among which was Minuscule 2 ) and sent them as proofs to Froben.
Allen) Thus, the universalist ideals of Erasmus are sometimes claimed to be important for fixing global governance.
Aloof from entangling obligations, Erasmus was the centre of the literary movement of his time, corresponding with more than five hundred men in the worlds of politics and of thought.
A generous patron of art and learning, he counted Erasmus among his friends.
Among early works exploring the idea of a transmutation of species were Erasmus Darwin 's 1796 Zoönomia and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck 's Philosophie Zoologique of 1809.