De pueris instituendis
work by Erasmus
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discussed in biography
- In Erasmus: The wandering scholar
De pueris instituendis, written in Italy though not published until 1529, is the clearest statement of Erasmus’s enormous faith in the power of education. With strenuous effort the very stuff of human nature could be molded, so as to draw out (e-ducare) peaceful and social…
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