1Whence we see it befalls not a few mortals that they strive for thisdivine excellence diligently, indeed, but unsuccessfully, and fall into akind of futile and amorphous loquacity, as with a multitude of inanethoughts and words thrown together without discrimination, they alikeobscure the subject and burden the ears of their wretched hearers. DAVID RIXFormerly Professor of EnglishPennsylvania State UniversityTHIRD PRINTINGMARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESSMILWAUKEE WISCONSIN 1999Library of Congress Catalogue Number: 63-10892© 1963, 1999, The Marquette University PressMilwaukee, WisconsinISBN 0-87462-212-3Printed in the United States of AmericaSecond Printing 1982Third Printing 1999ĭesiderius Erasmus of RotterdamON COPIA OF WORDSBOOK ICHAPTER IThat the Aspiration to Copia Is DangerousJust as there is nothing more admirable or more splendid than aspeech with a rich copia of thoughts and words overflowing in a goldenstream, so it is, assuredly, such a thing as may be striven for at noslight risk, because, according to the proverb,Not every man has the luck to go to Corinth. ![]() DESIDERIUS ERASMUS OF ROTTERDAMON COPIA OFWORDS AND IDEAS(De Utraque Verborum ac Rerum Copia)Translated from the LatinWith an IntroductionbyDONALD B.
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