The Praise of Folly

LibriVox recording of The Praise of Folly, by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam, translated into English by John Wilson. Read by Anna Simon. The Praise of Folly (Greek title: Morias Enkomion (Μωρίας Εγκώμιον), Latin: Stultitiae Laus, sometimes translated as In Praise of Folly, Dutch title: Lof der Zotheid) is a satirical essay written in 1509 by Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466/69-1536), a Dutch humanist. It is considered one of the most influential works of literature in Western civilization and one of the catalysts of the Protestant Reformation. It starts off with a satirical learned enco