In Praise of Folly is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in 1511 Inspired by Italian humanist Faustino Perisaulis De Triumpho Stultitiae it is a satirical attack on superstitions and other traditions of European society as well as on the western Church
Erasmus revised and extended the work which he originally wrote in the space of a week while sojourning with Sir Thomas More at Mores estate in B...