sezersavasli

Note: I'm not reviewing the Dover Thrift Edition. I've had a nineteenth century edition of this book out from the library since 2002 or 2003, when I started reading it as part of my effort to read religious classics. Misplaced it for a couple years and finished it just now. Unfortunately, I now read the introduction and find that our kindly 19th century Protestant editor/translator chap has kindly excised anything in Thomas a' Kempis' work that might "offend" by being too "papist." So...I slogged through a dull, archaic translation that also has the virtue of misrepresenting its [14th century Catholic monk] author. Maybe I should just read these things in Latin if I want to read them at all. If you want to read Thomas a' Kempis, I would recommend selections. Non-anti-papist selections, preferably.

2022-12-18 10:16