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Who was the Dutch monk and scholar who criticized the folly of his fellow man in his book, The Praise of Folly?

a. Desiderius Erasmus
b. Dante
c. Thomas More
d. Petrarch

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a- Desiderius Erasmus

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It was "Desiderius Erasmus" who criticized the folly of his fellow man in his book, The Praise of Folly, which had an important impact on the beginning of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. 
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