Thomas More & Utopia

Title: Thomas More & Utopia
Category: Literature / English | Words: 1854 | Pages: 7.9 (approximately 235 words/page)

Thomas More & Utopia

Grant Knier December 15, 2000 Western Civilization Thomas More Sir Thomas More, or also referred to as Saint Thomas More, wrote the book Utopia in 1516 at the age of 39. He was born in 1477 and by his death, he became one of the most influential figures of the Renaissance. Throughout his life, he developed friendships with not only some of the most important thinkers in Europe, but also in the whole world. Even though he created these acquaintances, …showed first 75 words of 1854 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 1854 total…martyr for his faith. Instead of readers interpreting the book as a literal proclamation of his beliefs, it must be understood that Utopia’s purpose was to show what evils spring from our society. (Reynolds 113) Ultimately, Utopia is a book that, like More, attempted to find the way through the ideal and the real, between a desire to create perfection and the pragmatic understanding that perfection, given the fallibility of mankind, is impossible. (Surtz 173) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**

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