Madness as a possibility of truth

An approach from Erasmus of Rotterdam in his work The Praise of Folly

Authors

  • Jadson Ferney Castaño-Arias Pontificia Universidad Gregoriana Autor/a

Keywords:

Madness, Truth, Folly, Adulation, Laughter, Love

Abstract

This text addresses the topic of folly as a possibility of telling truths since Erasmus of Rotterdam in his work The Praise of folly, alluding to themes closely linked to it such as: truth, laughter, love, folly, necessity and flattery; The objective is to confirm the hypothesis proposed: that madness is a possibility of telling truths.

References

Cervantes, M. (2012) “Don Quijote de la Mancha”. Madrid: Prisa Ediciones.

De Rotterdam, E. (2005) “Elogio de la Locura”. Madrid: Alianza Editorial.

Foucault, M. (1992) “El orden del Discurso”. Buenos Aires: Tusquests Editores.

Rabelais, F. (2011) “Gargantúa y Pantagruel”. Barcelona: Acantilado.

Shakespeare, W. (2008) “Hamlet”. Barcelona: Planeta.

“Carmina Burana. Antología”. (2006) Madrid: Alianza Editorial

Downloads

Published

2023-10-30

Issue

No. 38 (2023)

Section

Artículos

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Seminario Mayor de Medellín Journal

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

How to Cite

Castaño-Arias, J. F. (2023). Madness as a possibility of truth: An approach from Erasmus of Rotterdam in his work The Praise of Folly. Seminario Mayor De Medellín Journal, 38, 5-16. https://revista.seminarioconciliardemedellin.org/index.php/revista/article/view/2