Utopia (Chump Change Edition) - Softcover

More, Thomas

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9781640320505: Utopia (Chump Change Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1640320504 ISBN 13: 9781640320505

Publisher: Chump Change, 1912

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Unabridged English version of Utopia by Thomas More, offered here for chump change. This classic on society and civilization is a book that belongs on everyone’s shelf.

Published originally in 1516, More made popular the common usage of the term Utopia, “as a communal place where everything is perfect.” A lawyer himself, Utopia includes no lawyers due to the law’s simplicity. Reading More’s version gives insight into the original thought of what a Utopia should be.

Utopia is provided here in a slim volume with full text at an affordable price.

Table of Contents

THE FIRST BOOK OF UTOPIA ................................................................3

THE SECOND BOOK OF UTOPIA .........................................................16

OF THEIR TOWNS, PARTICULARLY OF AMAUROT ........................17

OF THEIR MAGISTRATES ...................................................................18

OF THEIR TRADES, AND MANNER OF LIFE ...................................19

OF THEIR TRAFFIC .............................................................................21

OF THE TRAVELLING OF THE UTOPIANS ......................................23

OF THEIR SLAVES, AND OF THEIR MARRIAGES ............................31

OF THEIR MILITARY DISCIPLINE .....................................................34

OF THE RELIGIONS OF THE UTOPIANS .........................................38

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"Astonishingly radical stuff." - Terry Eagleton

About the Author:

Sir Thomas More (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated by Catholics as Saint Thomas More, was an English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman and noted Renaissance humanist. He was also a councillor to Henry VIII, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. More opposed the Protestant Reformation, in particular the theology of Martin Luther and William Tyndale. He also wrote Utopia, published in 1516, about the political system of an imaginary ideal island nation. More opposed the King's separation from the Catholic Church, refusing to acknowledge Henry as Supreme Head of the Church of England and the annulment of his marriage to Catherine of Aragon. After refusing to take the Oath of Supremacy, he was convicted of treason and beheaded. Ahead of his execution, he was reported saying his famous words: "I die the King's good servant, but God's first."

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