Utopia Thomas More - Softcover

More, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154112376X ISBN 13: 9781541123762

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a work of fiction and political philosophy by Thomas More (1478–1535) published in 1516 in Latin. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.

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We can t do without this book. We are all and have always been Thomas More s children.
China Mieville
I am offered the Grand Inquisitor s choice. Will you choose freedom without happiness, or happiness without freedom? The only answer one can make, I think, is: No.
Ursula K. Le Guin

From the Trade Paperback edition."

"We can't do without this book. We are all and have always been Thomas More's children."
--China Mieville

"I am offered the Grand Inquisitor's choice. Will you choose freedom without happiness, or happiness without freedom? The only answer one can make, I think, is: No."
--Ursula K. Le Guin

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Book Description

Thomas More's Utopia is one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. His complex and ironic account of an imaginary communist society has not only given rise to the genre of utopian fiction but has been an inspiration to generations of political reformers.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154112376X
• ISBN 13: 9781541123762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96
• Editor: Benitez Paula