Desiderius Erasmus concerning the aim and method of education. With a foreword by Craig R. Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: englat Series: Classics in education ; no. 19Publication details: New York, Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University [1964]Description: xxx, 244 p. 19 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:
  • LB175.E6 W9 1964
Contents:
Part I -- An outline of the life of Erasmus, mainly in regard to his career as a scholar -- Characteristics -- The educational aim of Erasmus -- The beginnings of education -- The liberal studies -- Part II -- The treatise of Erasmus: De Ratione Studii, that is, Upon the Right Method of Instruction, 1511 -- De Pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis libelus; or, The Arguments of Erasmus of Rotterdam, that children should straightway from their earliest years be trained in virtue and sound learning, 1529 -- From the De Conscribendis Epistolis -- From the Convivium Religiosum.
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"First published in 1904."

Part II contains English translations of the treatise De ratione studi (1511); the treatise De pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis; extracts from De conscribendis epistolis, and Convivium religiosum.

"Bibliographical note": p. xxi-xxiii. "Bibliographical lists": p. [231]-234.

Part I -- An outline of the life of Erasmus, mainly in regard to his career as a scholar -- Characteristics -- The educational aim of Erasmus -- The beginnings of education -- The liberal studies -- Part II -- The treatise of Erasmus: De Ratione Studii, that is, Upon the Right Method of Instruction, 1511 -- De Pueris statim ac liberaliter instituendis libelus; or, The Arguments of Erasmus of Rotterdam, that children should straightway from their earliest years be trained in virtue and sound learning, 1529 -- From the De Conscribendis Epistolis -- From the Convivium Religiosum.