Utopia
Author: More, Thomas
ISBN: 9780241382684
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 175mm x 112mm x 24mm
Format: Hardback
Description
New to the Penguin Pocket Hardbacks series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound editions
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.
ISBN: 9780241382684
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2020
Pages: 256
Dimensions: 175mm x 112mm x 24mm
Format: Hardback
Description
New to the Penguin Pocket Hardbacks series - books that have changed the history of thought, in sumptuous, clothbound editions
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.
