Book cover for Utopia by Pauline Nealy and Thomas More
2019 Released
61 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Lighthouse Books for Translation and PublishingISBN 9783593302188

Utopia By Sir Thomas More is a work of political philosophy primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. A really influential and highly regarded mind, Thomas More is known for being controversial and highly intelligent.
In his most famous and controversial book, Utopia, Thomas More imagines a perfect island nation where thousands live in peace and harmony, men and women are both educated, and all property is communal. Through dialogue and correspondence between the protagonist Raphael Hythloday and his friends and contemporaries, More explores the theories behind war, political disagreements, social quarrels, and wealth distribution and imagines the day-to-day lives of those citizens enjoying freedom from fear, oppression, violence, and suffering. Originally written in Latin, this vision of an ideal world is also a scathing satire of Europe in the sixteenth century and has been hugely influential since publication, shaping utopian fiction even today.

 

Thomas More

Sir Thomas More (1478-1535) was a counsellor to Henry VIII of England and a revered Renaissance humanist scholar. He was executed for refusing to acknowledge the king as head of the Church of England and was eventually canonized by the Catholic Church as a result.

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