The Praise of Folly
The Praise of Folly
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Again, what is more friendly than when two horses scrub oneanother? And to say nothing of it, that it's a main part of physic, and the only thing in poetry; 'tis the delight and relish of allhuman society.
But 'tis a sad thing, they say, to be mistaken. Nay rather, he is mostmiserable that is not so. For they are quite beside the mark that placethe happiness of men in things themselves, since it only depends uponopinion. For so great is the obscurity and variety of human affairs thatnothing can... be clearly known, as it is truly said by our academics, theleast insolent of all the philosophers; or if it could, it would butobstruct the pleasure of life. Lastly, the mind of man is so framed thatit is rather taken with the false colors than truth; of which if anyonehas a mind to make the experiment, let him go to church and hear sermons, in which if there be anything serious delivered, the audience is eitherasleep, yawning, or weary of it; but if the preacher--pardon my mistake, I would have said declaimer--as too often it happens, fall but into anold wives' story, they're presently awake, prick up their ears and gapeafter it.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Again, what is more friendly than when two horses scrub oneanother? And to say nothing of it, that it's a main part of physic, and the only thing in poetry; 'tis the delight and relish of allhuman society.
But 'tis a sad thing, they say, to be mistaken. Nay rather, he is mostmiserable that is not so. For they are quite beside the mark that placethe happiness of men in things themselves, since it only depends uponopinion. For so great is the obscurity and variety of human affairs thatnothing can... be clearly known, as it is truly said by our academics, theleast insolent of all the philosophers; or if it could, it would butobstruct the pleasure of life. Lastly, the mind of man is so framed thatit is rather taken with the false colors than truth; of which if anyonehas a mind to make the experiment, let him go to church and hear sermons, in which if there be anything serious delivered, the audience is eitherasleep, yawning, or weary of it; but if the preacher--pardon my mistake, I would have said declaimer--as too often it happens, fall but into anold wives' story, they're presently awake, prick up their ears and gapeafter it.
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