Friends hold all things in common : tradition, intellectual property, and the Adages of Erasmus

Friends hold all things in common : tradition, intellectual property, and the Adages of Erasmus /

This study of Erasmus's Adages focuses on both the commitment to friendship & common property that Erasmus shares with his favourite philosophers & the early history of private property that transforms European attitudes concerning the right to copy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eden, Kathy, 1952-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2001.
Subjects:
Erasmus, Desiderius, > -1536. > Adagia.
Proverbs > History and criticism.
Tradition (Philosophy) > History.
Intellectual property > History.
Maxims > History and criticism.
Philosophy, Ancient.
Online Access: Full text (Emmanuel users only)
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1 What Do a Spoiled Egyptian, a Captive Woman, and a Pythagorean Have in Common?: Erasmus on Tradition
  • 2 Friends and Lovers in the Symposium: Plato on Tradition
  • 3 Plato on Proverbial Wisdom and the Philosophical Life
  • 4 Property, Pythagoras, and Ancient Political Philosophy
  • 5 Pythagoreans and Christians on Traditioning the Common Life
  • 6 Intellectual Property and the Adages
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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