The Praise of FollyFirst published in Paris in 1511, The Praise of Folly hasenjoyed enormous and highly controversial success from the authors lifetime down to our own day. It hasno rival, except perhaps Thomas Mores Utopia, as the most intense and lively presentation of the literary, social, and theological aims and methods of Northern Humanism. Clarence H. Millers highly praised translation of The Praise of Folly, based on the definitive Latin text, echoes Erasmus own