
Utopia
Thomas More (author), Dominic Baker-Smith (translator), Dominic Baker-Smith (author of introduction), Dominic Baker-Smith (editor)
Non-Fiction, History & Politics, Politics, Philosophy & Social Sciences, Philosophy & Ethics, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality | Hardback Published on: 27/02/2020
£12.99
Synopsis
In Utopia, Thomas More gives us a traveller's 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.
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241382684
- Number of pages: 256
- Weight: 248g
- Dimensions: 175 x 111 x 23 mm