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- Title
„Die Mücke gegen den Elefanten“ - Castellio gegen Calvin? Einige Anmerkungen zu dem Basler Exemplar von Castellios „De haereticis an sint persequendi“, zu Ferdinand Buisson und zu Stefan Zweig.
- Authors
Plath, Uwe
- Abstract
The much-quoted Statement, that Castellio compared his own position against Calvin in the toleration controversy to that of a "mosquito against the elephant," is originally from Stefan Zweig. Zweig referred to the copy of Castellios De haereticis an sint persequendi (1554), which the Marquis d'Oria gave to the Basel lawyer, Boniface Amerbach, after adding a personal dedication. Since Castellio did not write this dedication, it also contains no statement concerning his position in the struggle against Calvin. Zweigs comparison is based on an incorrect translation of two Greek words by Ferdinand Buisson - which Zweig probably copied without double-checking. The two words should be translated not as "the mosquito against," but as "the mosquito for the elephant." They refer not to the toleration controversy between Castellio and Calvin, but rather were written by d'Oria in the year 1557/58 in Basel to emphasize the low value of his gift to the venerable Amerbach.
- Subjects
GREECE; CASTELLION, Sebastien, 1515-1563; ZWEIG, Stefan, 1881-1942; TRANSLATING &; interpreting in literature; GREEK language terms &; phrases; PHILOSOPHERS
- Publication
Archive for Reformation History / Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte, 2018, Vol 109, Issue 1, p428
- ISSN
0003-9381
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14315/arg-2018-1090119