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An oration written in Latin in 1509. In this spiraling satirical work, the personified goddess Folly praises herself while attacking every aspect of human life—from lovers and princes to superstitious religious practices and church corruption. What begins as playful mockery grows darker as Erasmus examines self-deception, madness, and the contrast between human wisdom and divine folly. The work ultimately pivots toward an orthodox Christian
![Two Dyaloges (c. 1549): Wrytten in Laten by the Famous Clerke, D. Erasm[US] of Roterodame, One Called Polyphemus or the Gospeller, the Other Dysposyng of Thynges and Names, Translated in to Englyshe by Edmonde Becke.](https://d3b2n8gj62qnwr.cloudfront.net/COVERS/gutenberg_covers75k/ebook-14500.png)
