A good prince will tax lightly the cheapest goods, showing concern for the poorest. The quotes mock war as enjoyable only for those who never experienced it, and they treat truth as something that points to Christianity. They also joke about being attacked with many syllogisms and the habit of buying books whenever money is spare.
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Desiderius Erasmus, also called Erasmus of Rotterdam, was a Dutch humanist, Catholic theologian, philologist and educationalist who became a leading scholar of the Northern Renaissance.
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Through his writings and translations he was one of the most influential scholars of the Northern Renaissance and a major figure of Western culture.
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