Utopia
Recommended by Ellen Wayland-Smith, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #11 in Utopian, Ranked #19 in Renaissance — see more rankings.
Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia) is a satirical 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 as described by the character Raphael Hythloday who lived there some years, who describes and its religious, social and political customs. less
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Ellen Wayland-Smith More was building on older ideas about an earlier age, an Edenic state, when private property didn’t exist. (Source)
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- #61 in English Writer
- #61 in Latin
- #70 in Philosophy
- #24 in Political Philosophy
- #53 in Political Science
- #32 in Political Theory
- #66 in Socialism
- #76 in University
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