Utopia
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: New
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: new in original plastic wrapper;
First published in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia stands as one of the most audacious and enduring works of political philosophy ever written — a biting satire of Tudor England disguised as a traveller's account of a perfect island society. Narrated through the fictional voyager Raphael Hythloday, the text presents a vision of an ideal commonwealth where property is held in common, war is abhorred, and reason governs all aspects of civic life, throwing the corruption and inequality of contemporary Europe into sharp, damning relief. More crafts his argument with wit and intellectual cunning, blurring the lines between earnest prescription and ironic critique in a manner that has confounded and captivated readers for five centuries. Utopia occupies a singular place in the Western literary and philosophical canon, giving its very name to an entire tradition of idealistic social thought. More's humanist sensibility — shaped by his friendship with Erasmus and his deep engagement with classical learning — infuses every page with a restless moral intelligence that refuses easy answers. Whether read as a sincere blueprint for social reform or as a sophisticated exercise in Socratic irony, this masterwork continues to provoke urgent questions about justice, governance, and the nature of the good life — questions that feel no less pressing today than when More first set them down.
Author: Thomas More
Format: Hardback
Genre: Philosophy
Condition remarks:
Book: New
Jacket: Slipcase: Good
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: new in original plastic wrapper;
First published in 1516, Thomas More's Utopia stands as one of the most audacious and enduring works of political philosophy ever written — a biting satire of Tudor England disguised as a traveller's account of a perfect island society. Narrated through the fictional voyager Raphael Hythloday, the text presents a vision of an ideal commonwealth where property is held in common, war is abhorred, and reason governs all aspects of civic life, throwing the corruption and inequality of contemporary Europe into sharp, damning relief. More crafts his argument with wit and intellectual cunning, blurring the lines between earnest prescription and ironic critique in a manner that has confounded and captivated readers for five centuries. Utopia occupies a singular place in the Western literary and philosophical canon, giving its very name to an entire tradition of idealistic social thought. More's humanist sensibility — shaped by his friendship with Erasmus and his deep engagement with classical learning — infuses every page with a restless moral intelligence that refuses easy answers. Whether read as a sincere blueprint for social reform or as a sophisticated exercise in Socratic irony, this masterwork continues to provoke urgent questions about justice, governance, and the nature of the good life — questions that feel no less pressing today than when More first set them down.