"Clouds on a wall": The Mirror of Speech in the Adagiorum Chiliades and the Moriae encomium
This article examines the topos of speech as the mirror of the mind (oratio speculum animi) in the Adagiorum Chiliades and the Moriae encomium. It has been argued that Erasmus uses this metaphor to express the idea that the ingenium of the speaker or writer emerges fully in language, which supposedl...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2013
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Yearbook
Year: 2013, Volume: 33, Issue: 01, Pages: 55-74 |
| Further subjects: | B
Adages
Praise of Folly
pectus
mirror
interpretation
paradox –
commonplace
essence
Erasmus
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