Utopia
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- First published
- 1516
- Pages
- 108
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Introduction
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Discourses of Raphael Hythloday, of the Best State of a Commonwealth
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Discourses (pt 2)
28:13 -
Discourses (pt 3)
19:45 -
Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot
5:27 -
Of Their Magistrates
3:10 -
Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life
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Of Their Traffic
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Of the Travelling of the Utopians
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Of Their Slaves, and Of Their Marriages
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Of Their Military Discipline
20:01 -
Of the Religions of the Utopians
37:43
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A traveler describes a distant island commonwealth called Utopia, where property is held in common, gold is despised, work is shared, and religious tolerance prevails, an imagined ideal society that throws the injustices of More's own England into sharp relief. Witty, ambiguous, and endlessly debated, the book coined the very word 'utopia' (meaning both 'good place' and 'no place') and launched a whole genre of imagined perfect societies. Is it a serious blueprint, a satire, or a thought experiment? Readers have argued for five centuries. Brilliant and provocative, Utopia remains a foundational work of political philosophy and a mirror in which every age examines its own dreams and failings.
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Henry VIII., the unconquered King of England, a prince adorned with all the virtues that become a great monarch, having some differences of no small consequence with Charles the most serene Prince of Castile, sent me into Flanders, as his ambassador, for treating and composing matters between them. I was colleague and companion to that incomparable man Cuthbert Tonstal, whom the King, with such universal applause, lately made Master of the Rolls; but of whom I will say nothing; not because I fear that the testimony of a friend will be suspected, but rather because his learning and virtues are too great for me to do them justice, and so well known, that they need not my commendations, unless I would, according to the proverb, “Show the sun with a lantern.” Those that were appointed by the Prince to treat with us, met us at Bruges, according to agreement; they were all worthy men. The Margrave of Bruges was their head, and the chief man among them; but he that was esteemed the wisest, and that spoke for the rest, was George Temse, the Provost of Casselsee: both art and nature had concurred to make him eloquent: he was very learned in the law; and, as he had a great capacity, so, by a long practice in affairs, he was very dexterous at unravelling them. After we had several times met, without coming to an agreement, they went to Brussels for some days, to know the Prince’s pleasure; and, since our business would admit it, I went to Antwerp. While I was there, among many that visited me, there was one that was more acceptable to me than any other, Peter Giles, born at Antwerp, who is a man of great honour, and of a good rank in his town, though less than he deserves; for I do not know if there be anywhere to be found a more learned and a better bred young man; for as he is both a very worthy and a very knowing person, so he is so civil to all men, so particularly kind to his friends, and so full of candour and affection, that there is not, perhaps, above one or two anywhere to be found, that is in all respects so perfect a friend: he is extraordinarily modest, there is no artifice in him, and yet no man has more of a prudent simplicity. His conversation was so pleasant and so innocently cheerful, that his company in a great measure lessened any longings to go back to my country, and to my wife and children, which an absence of four months had quickened very much.
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Book facts
- Author
- Thomas More
- First published
- 1516
- Reading time
- About 3 hours
- Pages
- 108
- Language
- English
- Genre
- World Classics
- Formats
- PDF, EPUB, Read online, Audiobook
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- Jenilee