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Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486295834
ISBN-139780486295831
eBay Product ID (ePID)41299
Product Key Features
Book TitleUtopia
Number of Pages96 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSatire, Literary, Political, Utopias
Publication Year1997
IllustratorYes
GenrePhilosophy, Political Science, Fiction
AuthorThomas more
Book SeriesDover Thrift Editions: Philosophy Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.2 in
Item Weight2.9 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN97-025114
Dewey Edition20
Grade FromNinth Grade
Dewey Decimal335/.02
Edition DescriptionReprint,New Edition
SynopsisSixteenth-century classic by English ecclesiastic and scholar envisioned a tolerant, patriarchal island kingdom free of private property, violence, bloodshed, and vice. Forerunner of many later attempts., First published in Latin in 1516, Utopia was the work of Sir Thomas More (1477-1535), the brilliant humanist, scholar, and churchman executed by Henry VIII for his refusal to accept the king as the supreme head of the Church of England. In this work, which gave its name to the whole genre of books and movements hypothesizing an ideal society, More envisioned a patriarchal island kingdom that practiced religious tolerance, in which everybody worked, no one has more than his fellows, all goods were community-owned, and violence, bloodshed, and vice nonexistent. Based to some extent on the writings of Plato and other earlier authors, Utopia nevertheless contained much that was original with More. In the nearly 500 years since the book's publication, there have been many attempts at establishing "Utopias" both in theory and in practice. All of them, however, seem to embody ideas already present in More's classic treatise: optimistic faith in human nature, emphasis on the environment and proper education, nostalgia for a lost innocence, and other positive elements. In this new, inexpensive edition, readers can study for themselves the essentials of More's utopian vision and how, although the ideal society he envisioned is still unrealized, at least some of his proposals have come to pass in today's world., Sixteenth-century classic by brilliant humanist, churchman and scholar envisioned a patriarchal island kingdom that practiced religious tolerance, in which everybody worked, all goods were community-owned, and violence, bloodshed, and vice were nonexistent. Forerunner of many later attempts at establishing "Utopias" both in theory and in practice.
LC Classification NumberHX810.5.E5
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- 23 Oct, 2022
YES LOOKS LIKE THESE UTOPIEN DREAM LEADS ALWAYS TO HORRIFIC ENDS
utopia WEF UN KILLING FEELDS PLANNERS BUT PEOPLE DONT SEE EVEN TODAY SADVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
