{"product_id":"erasmus-on-literature-his-ratio-or-system-of-1518-1519-paperback","title":"Erasmus on Literature: His Ratio or 'System' of 1518\/1519 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Vessey\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRobert D. Sider\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNone of the works included among Erasmus' 'Literary and Educational Writings' in the Collected Works of Erasmus captures his most adventurous thinking about how texts signify in - and thereby make or remake - worlds of thought, feeling, and action. The one that comes closest to doing so, the \u003ci\u003eRatio verae theologiae\u003c\/i\u003e ('A System of True Theology'), was first published separately in 1518 and 1519, then appeared in the preliminaries to the New Testament in Erasmus' (revised) 1519 edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handy \u003ci\u003eRatio\u003c\/i\u003e or compendious 'System' gave advice on how to interpret complex texts and develop persuasive arguments based upon them. Its lessons were applied to the canonical Scriptures as source, and to everyday Christian theology as target discourse. They unfold in response to the special difficulties and incitements of the biblical text in Latin and Greek, within a framework provided by classical grammar and rhetoric, adjusted to the examples of the Church Fathers as exemplary interpreters of the Bible. At every turn, the \u003ci\u003eRatio\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the instincts and intuitions of an exceptional theorist and practitioner of the cognitive, social, and political arts of written language. This student edition, the first of its kind in any language, is based on the translation and notes by Robert D. Sider in the \u003cem\u003eCollected Works of Erasmus Volume 41\u003c\/em\u003e. It is designed to make it easier to estimate the long-term value of this particular work and of Erasmus' works more generally, and to allow for a multidisciplinary understanding of the lives of human beings as symbol-using creatures in worlds constructed partly by texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Vessey\u003c\/b\u003e is Principal of Green College and Professor of English Literature at the University of British Columbia. \u003cb\u003eRobert D. Sider\u003c\/b\u003e is General Editor of the \u003cem\u003eNew Testament Scholarship for the Collected Works of Erasmus\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAnthony Grafton\u003c\/b\u003e is Henry Putnam University Professor of History at Princeton University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 378\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 22, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46582138634437,"sku":"9781487522100","price":83.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0757\/6718\/5605\/files\/xisZr7tYVF9781487522100.webp?v=1784797608","url":"https:\/\/selloorium.com\/products\/erasmus-on-literature-his-ratio-or-system-of-1518-1519-paperback","provider":"Selloorium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}