The Well-Tempered Career: Erasmus on the Emotional Health of Scholars 2018 Erasmus Birthday Lecture

Yasmin Haskell

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Abstract

This lecture explores Erasmus’ beliefs about the life of the healthy Christian humanist, from boy student to mature scholar, through the prism of ‘history of emotions’. It appraises Erasmus’ place in the longer history of scholarly hygiene, a tradition of writing about the physical, psychological, and spiritual health of scholars. What for example does Erasmus have to say about those conditions with which early modern intellectuals were so frequently associated, viz.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)101-121
Number of pages21
JournalErasmus Studies
Volume42
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Nov 2022

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