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=Erasmus=

(1) What was his main theory about government?

Middle Way (He was critical of the abuses within the Church but continued to recognize the importance of the Pope.)

(2) What did he write about government? (short quotation)

"Perhaps it would be wise to pass over the theologians in silence. That short-tempered and supercilious crew is unpleasant to deal with. . . . They will proclaim me a heretic. With this thunderbolt they terrify the people they don't like. Their opinion of themselves is so great that they behave as if they were already in heaven; they look down pityingly on other men as so many worms." //The Praise of Folly//

(3) What is one brief example of his theory from real life?

Socrates.