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“The Renaissance scholars laid the eggs which Luther, the father of the Reformation, later on hatched.” Discuss.

  • UPSC 2006
  • Enlightenment and Modern Ideas

The aphorism echoes a remark often traced to Erasmus himself, who is said to have quipped that he "laid the egg that Luther hatched" — a wry acknowledgment of intellectual paternity he did not entirely welcome.

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  • The Eggs: What Renaissance Scholars Actually Laid
  • The Hatching: Luther's Use of Humanist Tools
  • Where the Metaphor Breaks Down: Erasmus versus Luther
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