What is the difference between a man and a beast? The beast acts according to instinct, man according to reason. But how many men act according to instinct?
— Erasmus Early Modern

Humanist scholar

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Colloquies

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1518-1533

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Controversial

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24647/24647-h/24647-h.htm

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