Erasmus, a prominent Latin scholar and Catholic reformer, had deep anxieties about the printed book, even though he used print himself. In his work "Adages" (1508), he expressed his fear that the proliferation of printed books would have a negative effect. He worried that the sheer number of books would create a glut of information, much of it "stupid, ignorant, scandalous, raving, irreligious and seditious." He feared that this would overwhelm valuable scholarship and that the ease of printing would lead to the spread of harmful or worthless texts, ultimately devaluing true learning. His view highlights the early anxieties among intellectuals that the new technology could be a force for ignorance as much as for enlightenment.