Utopia (Chump Change Edition) - Hardcover
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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About the Author:
As a philosopher, author, statesman and humanist, Thomas More (1478 1535) was one of the most influential thinkers of the English Renaissance. He was a councillor to Henry VIII, who famously ordered his execution, and is venerated as a saint in Catholicism. More's Utopia is considered one of the most influential philosophical works of all time."
Review:
"Astonishingly radical stuff." - Terry Eagleton
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- PublisherChump Change
- Publication date1912
- ISBN 10 1640320490
- ISBN 13 9781640320499
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages46
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