In Praise of Folly
1509 ESSAY BY DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
The Praise of Folly; Praise of Folly; Stultitiae Laus; Praise of folly; Laus stultitiae; Laus Stultitiae; In praise of folly; Moriae Encomium; Lof der Zotheid; Ecomium moriae; Encomium moriae; Moirae Encomium; Morias Enkomion; In Praise of More
In Praise of Folly, also translated as The Praise of Folly (Latin: Stultitiae Laus or Moriae Encomium), is an essay written in Latin in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam and first printed in June 1511. Inspired by previous works of the Italian humanist De Triumpho Stultitiae, it is a satirical attack on superstitions, other traditions of European society and on the Latin Church.