title: Ideas that persist for centuries - by Erasmus of Rotterdam, the prince of humanists.
abstract: The paper highlights the personality of the founder of European student exchange program ERASMUS (EuRopean Community Action Scheme for the Mobility of University Students) Erasmus of Rotterdam. He was one of the leading European humanists and has left a literary legacy of large dimensions. His thoughts, ideas, opinions, and mainly the works have a great benefit for society even today. From 16th century to the present time they are the subject of unchanged interest.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Paediatrics, Medical School, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia. osmium@centrum.sk.
authors.forename: Ingrid
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brucknerova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Anatomy, Medical Faculty, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Holomanova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Mojmir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mach
authors.affiliation: Institute of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Eduard
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ujhazy
mesh_terms: D001154:Art / Q000266:history*; D049668:History, 15th Century; D049691:History, Medieval; D006808:Humanism / Q000266:history*; D009426:Netherlands; D013782:Textbooks as Topic / Q000266:history*