Thomas More and Plato
Thomas More was a very devoted Catholic who was put on trial for treason in the 16th century, because he refused to acknowledge Henry VIII as the "ruler of the world, above everyone, including the Church" (Mansouri 04/04/00). He was declared guilty of reason, for which he was beheaded. However, twenty years before his death he wrote a novel titled "Utopia". The word "utopia" means a good, non-existent place. In other words, Thomas More wrote the …
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…ideas; rather, he chose the few ideas he did agree with and accompanied them with his own ideas. More got his framework from Plato. However, is evident in "Utopia" that More lived in a different time period, where different ideas existed.
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More, Thomas. Utopia. Trans. Paul Turner. New York: Peguin Putnam, 1965.
Mansouri, Dr. Gail. "Sir Thomas More (1478-1535)." New York University. 4
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