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Quotation from The Praise of Folly by Desiderius Erasmus
“Christian religion seems to have a kind of alliance with folly and in no respect to have any accord with wisdom”
The Praise of Folly, Folly in Scripture and the Christian life, trans. John Wilson (1668)
The turn toward the book's climax: Folly argues that the zealous Christian looks senseless to common understanding.
Citation: "Christian religion seems to have a kind of alliance with folly and in no respect to have any accord with wisdom" — Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, Folly in Scripture and the Christian life, trans. John Wilson (1668). (id erasmus-praise-of-folly-q10)
