Categories: Western Philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, C 500 To C 1600 Social & Political Philosophy Political Science & Theory


Utopia
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Hardback Penguin Pocket Hardbacks English
By (author) Thomas More , Translated by Dominic Baker-Smith


In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a travellers account of a newly discovered island where the inhabitants enjoy a social order based on natural reason and justice, and human fulfilment is open to all. As the traveller, Raphael, describes the island to More, a bitter contrast is drawn between this rational society and the custom-driven practices of Europe. So how can the philosopher try to reform his society? In his fictional discussion, More takes up a question first raised by Plato and which is still a challenge in the contemporary world. In the history of political thought few works have been more influential than Utopia, and few more misunderstood.


Product details

Format Hardback | 256 pages
Dimensions 113 x 174 x 26mm | 254g
Publication date 01 Jan 2021
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
ISBN13 9780241382684
Bestsellers rank 161,750