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Michael Symmons Roberts’ full-cast dramatisation of Thomas More’s classic work, plus an accompanying documentary exploring its legacy Thomas More's classic work of speculative fiction, Utopia, was published over 500 years ago, yet has entered the culture so deeply that the name of his...

Utopia (Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, "A little, true book, both beneficial and enjoyable, about how things should be in the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516. The book is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social, and political customs. Many aspects of More's description of Utopia are reminiscent of life in monasteries.

Utopia By Sir Thomas More is a work of political philosophy primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. A really influential and highly regarded mind, Thomas More is known for being controversial and highly intelligent. A wonderful work, and a great addition to any collection.

Utopia is a social and political satire, in the form of a traveler’s tale in an apparently blissful society based upon natural reason and justice. Sir Thomas More explores the role of philosophy—and unrealistic idealism—in government and offers a scathing analysis of the politics and society of his time.

Thomas More's "Utopia" is a complex, innovative and insightful contribution to the development of political thought. The culmination of this work was a description of a country whose society lives according to the laws of nature, but is close to the ideas of the religion of Christianity - they have everything in common and gold is not valuable to them. Based on the ideas of Plato, St. Augustine and Aristotle, the Utopia novel has borne fruit, namely the dawn of new utopian and anti-utopian literature that includes the writings of such writers as Francis Bacon, Herbert Wells, Aldous Huxley and George Ourell.

L'"Utopia" di Thomas More rappresenta a pieno titolo il prototipo moderno della letteratura utopistica e visionaria. Suddiviso in due parti, l'audiolibro è incentrato sul dialogo di More con Raffaele Itlodeo ("il chiacchierone"). Questi, gran viaggiatore, esordisce con la descrizione a tinte vive dell'Inghilterra dell'epoca. Il fenomeno delle recinzioni, dell'espropriazione delle terre comuni a opera della nobiltà terriera, aveva condotto sul lastrico vaste componenti della società inglese, soprattutto i contadini.

Step into the world of an English country house where a group of upper-class men and women convene to explore their vision of a utopia, dubbed their New Republic. This captivating novel serves as a sharp satire of notable figures from Oxford University at the time, delving into themes of aestheticism and Hellenism. Among the characters are Violet Fane/Lady Mary Montgomery Currie (Mrs. Sinclair), Thomas Huxley (Mr. Storks), William Money Hardinge (Mr. Leslie), Thomas Carlyle (Donald Gordon), and Walter Pater (Mr. Rose). Of particular note is Pater, whose portrayal in this work played a ...

En un inesperado y crítico momento de sus vidas, diez de los más ilustres pensadores de la cultura occidental son atraídos por una extraña luz que los deposita en el año 2015 y en la cubierta de un enorme yate de lujo: el Utopía. Algo inexplicable ha sucedido y por si fuera poco la tripulación del yate se reduce a Jenny, una desenvuelta exprostituta encargada de realizar las funciones de cocinera y asistenta. Sócrates, Aristóteles, Aquino, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Marx, Nietzsche, Sartre y Ortega han sido secuestrados.

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What is utopia to you? A fantastic world where people live inside of fruit? Where everyone is your sex slave? Where Potato chips make you feel better about yourself? Join comedian, Chris Locke on a splendid journey to the perfect worlds of many hilarious and totally interesting guests on "Utopia To Me?"