Apophthegmata
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, searchApophthegmata is the title of several collections of aphorisms The word aphorism denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and memorable form. The genre is also known as "maxim" (adages An adage , or adagium (Latin), is a short but memorable saying that holds some important fact of experience that is considered true by many people, or that has gained some credibility through its long use. It often involves a planning failure such as "don't count your chickens before they hatch" or "don't burn bridges behind you.&):
- Apophthegmata Laconica attributed to Plutarchus
- Apophthegmata Patrum, sayings of the Desert Fathers The Desert Fathers were Hermits, Ascetics and Monks who lived mainly in the Scetes desert of Egypt, beginning around the third century. They were the first Christian hermits, who abandoned the cities of the pagan world to live in solitude. These original desert hermits were Christians fleeing the chaos and persecution of the Roman Empire's Crisis
- Apophthegmata Macarii Magni
- Apophthegmatum opus by Erasmus of Rotterdam Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (October 27, 1466/1469, Rotterdam – July 12, 1536, Basel) was a Dutch Renaissance humanist and Catholic Christian theologian. His scholarly name Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus comprises the following three elements: the Latin noun desiderium ("longing" or "desire"; the name being a genuine Late
- Conrad Lycosthenes (ca. 1518-1561), Apophthegmata, Ex Probatis Graecae Latinaeque Linguae Scriptoribus
- Julius Wilhelm Zincgref, Der Teutschen Scharpfsinnige kluge Sprüch (1626)
- Georg Philipp Harsdörffer, Ars Apophthegmatica (1655-56)
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