Sir Thomas More`sBy Anastasia Kytsenko
Utopia
Saint Thomas More was an English lawyer, author, and statesman
Born 7 February 1478London, England
Died6 July
1535 (aged 57)London, England
Early life about Thomas More
Thomas More was born in Milk Street, London, son of Sir John More, a prominent judge.
He was educated at St Anthony's School in London.
More went on to study at Oxford under Thomas Linacre and William Grocyn.
During this time, he wrote comedies and studied Greek and Latin literature
Early political careerIn 1510, he appointed under-sheriff of London.
In 1 509, he elected bencher at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1504 he was elected to Parliament to represent Great Yarmouth and in 1510 to represent London.
Around 1494 More returned to London to study law, was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in 1496, and became a barrister in
1501.
Utopia (1516) - Thomas More
UTOPIA < OU-TOPOS Greek= No
Place
Thomas Mores first jokeUTOPIA < EU-TOPOS Greek
= Good Place
Sir Thomas More's Utopia
Utopia, which translates roughly as "no place" In Greek,
was published in 1516. The book played a key role in the Humanist awakening of the 16th century, which moved
away from Medieval otherworldliness toward Renaissance secularism.
UtopiaWritten in Latin, Utopia was
inspired by Plato's Republic and the accounts of explorers such as Amerigo Vespucci. It is also
largely based on the voyages of More himself, specifically to the
Netherlands.
Utopia
The term "Utopia" has come to mean an idyllic,
visionary Shang-ri-la type of community. However, when More derived the term from the Greek, it
literally meant "nowhere.
Sir Thomas More's Utopia
Much of More's book was extracted from and influenced by the Bible,
especially from the "Christian Humanists" biblical interpretations that formed a vanguard of social criticism in his
time.
Utopia
More yearned to change his world for the better. He saw that wanton greed and terrible poverty were often irrevocably bound to one another, and he argued vehemently for the closing of the separation between classes.
THE NOVEL: UTOPIA
No private ownership
Women and men work equally - agriculture for 2 yrs at a time and must learn one other
trade
6 hr working day, scholars rule
Households have 2 slaves each - slaves are criminals
Free medical care - euthanasia
Community meals
Tolerant of religions except atheism
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