Author
Thomas More
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Alma Books
Published
October 2017
Today's Price
£8.70
Available - Usually dispatched within 48 hours
Utopia
Today's Price £8.70
Life giving resources. Faithfully delivered.
FREE delivery on orders over £10
Serving over 2 million Christians in the UK
with Bibles, Books and Church Supplies
Our Buy-Now-Pay-Later accounts used
by over 4,000 UK Churches & Schools
Author
Thomas More
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Alma Books
Published
October 2017
£8.70
Available - Usually dispatched within 48 hours
Utopia
Today's Price £8.70
Utopia
+
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More Letter to Bugenhagen, Supplication of Souls, Letter Against Frith
Add both to basket for £72.03 and save £37.97
Thomas More
£8.79
Save 12%
Utopia
£8.21
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More Letter to Bugenhagen, Supplication of Souls, Letter Against Frith
£63.33
Save 42%
Defence of the Seven Sacraments
£13.79
Save 14%
Four Last Things
£5.00
Save 17%
Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation
£7.79
Machiavelli, More & Luther
£36.13
Dialogue Of Comfort Against Tribulation
£13.79
Save 14%
In Thomas More's hugely influential Utopia, a traveller recounts his discovery of an island nation in which the inhabitants enjoy unprecedented social cohesion and justice. The book imagines a community in which laws, personal relations and professional ambition are based on reason, in contrast with the tradition-bound superstitions of Europe, which were, in More's eyes, impediments to equality and peaceful coexistence.
One of the indicators of the profound cultural and political influence of More's masterpiece is today's common use of the word "Utopia" - a term he invented. This extraordinary treatise on the values of rationality and reason - here presented in a sparkling new translation by Roger Clarke and accompanied by copious notes and additional texts - questions what a philosopher can do to enact change in society, and how idealized visions can inform political practice.
A sparkling new translation by Roger Clarke of one of the most influential philosophical works of all time, which renders the original Latin into an English that is clear, readable and true to the spirit of Thomas More's writing.
Accompanied by: Biographical notes on contemporary figures and an index explaining More's Utopian vocabulary; a map of the island of Utopia; correspondence relevant to the text (as well as letters of endorsement and even celebratory verses), written by numerous prominent sixteenth-century European humanists. These letters - presented chronologically and translated from Latin - work in conjunction with the detailed notes on Thomas More's life, the genesis of Utopia and information about the verse metres employed to offer a unique and fascinating insight into the composition and publication of Utopia, which no student of the text should be without. Moreover, they offer a glimpse not only into the character of More, Erasmus and other members of their circle, but also into the world in which they inhabited.
Our edition, therefore, offers unprecedented background detail for an accessible mass-market edition.
Author
Thomas More
Book Format
Paperback / softback
Publisher
Alma Books
Published
October 2017
Weight
264g
Dimensions
128 x 198 x 22 mm
ISBN
9781847496256
ISBN-10
1847496253
Eden Code
4744870
More Information
Author/Creator: Thomas More
ISBN: 9781847496256
Publisher: Alma Books
Release Date: October 2017
Weight: 264g
Dimensions: 128 x 198 x 22 mm
Eden Code: 4744870