Desiderius Erasmus in: Michael Lawrence Faulkner, Michelle Faulkner-Lunsford Top 100 Power Verbs: The Most Powerful Verbs and Phrases You Can Use to Win, FT Press, 20-Jun-2013, p. 206
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They may attack me with an army of six hundred syllogisms; and if I do not recant, they will proclaim me a heretic.
— Desiderius Erasmus on Syllogism
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About Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian.
About Desiderius Erasmus
Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian.
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