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Ep. 302: Erasmus Praises Foolishness (Part One)

The Partially Examined Life Philosophy Podcast

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I've Never Had Cause to Read Erasmus, Right?

This was on our list because I was supposed to write this book introducing philosophy. And there was this list of you should cover all these philosophers and Erasmus was on it. It's not exacting, it's not precise philosophical argumentation, but it's brilliant and fun to read. This is a pre-Nichon critique of morality that in many ways people will see that it prefigures a lot of what Nietzsche has to say.

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