Idiot or genius?

>>9826112
Really naughty potty mouth. >: (

>>9826112
This picture looks like it was put through the smile filter of Faceapp but its real

>>9826112
Actual erudite by modern standards, for what it's worth. Not sure what to make of it all. He certainly predates "the novel". Historical readings are not the most interesting and once you take those away, his books appear scatterbrained. Great works, but are they of any value to you now if you have to read a translation?

>>9826317
yes, literal shitposting and referencing aristotle in same sentence is funny and engaging, and there is nothing like this book even today

>>9826112
He can be excruciatingly dead-on when he feels like it. The latter.

>>9826333
I mean Gargantua and Pantagruel are absolutely worth it for the language alone if you can read French, but otherwise anything beyond the jokes is well hidden