Please read the story from attachment and answer the following questions:
1. What kind of person does Erasmus envision in this text? How does Erasmus think people should behave? What traits would a polite and civil person have? What is the end result? What are the dangers of not behaving in a civil manner?
2. How did Erasmus conceive of the body and in what ways did he advocate control over the body? What did the body reveal about a person? Do we share the same ideas?
Article : On Good manners/De civilitate