![]() ![]() The Old Library is especially fortunate to have recently acquired these two Thomas More first editions, owing to the generosity of Brian Fenwick-Smith (BA 1959). The leaving him thus did not a little gratify one that was more fond of travelling than of returning home to be buried in. Many of More's epigrams explore the problems of tyranny, and reveal his profound unease with the corruption often associated with kingship. The first complete and separately issued edition of More's Latin and Greek epigrams was published by John Froben in Basel in 1520, from manuscripts collected by Erasmus (title page reproduced below). The Works of Sir Thomas More, including Utopia, History of King Richard III, Poems, and Epigrams. But More's 'Utopia' (pictured below in the woodcut map from this edition) is not an ideal state, as the word has since come to mean. In 1517 More was named to the king’s council. He wrote the notable History of King Richard III (151318) and the renowned Utopia (1516), which was an immediate success with humanists, including Desiderius Erasmus. Utopia broadly satirises European society for its short-sighted love of gain, its lack of Christian piety and charity, and its unreasonableness, and attacks injustices in the English criminal code. 7, 1478, London, Eng.died July 6, 1535, London canonized feast day June 22). Set as a dialogue in Antwerp between More and a voyager returned from newly discovered lands, the complexity of the work ensured that it would have nearly as many interpretations as readers. Points cls Utopia est un essai philosophique crit par langlais Thomas More en 1516. First published in Louvain, Belgium, in 1516, Utopia was an immediate sensation. Objectif Dcouvrir la vision politique et philosophique de More. Written in Latin for a European audience, More's Utopia is the quintessential humanist dialogue. ![]() He is a saint to the Catholic and a predecessor of Marx to the Communist. Knighted in 1521, More rose to become Lord Chancellor before being executed for high treason in 1535. ![]()
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