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A 7 page essay that discusses More's Utopia. Sir Thomas More published Utopia in 1516. In this work, which is widely considered to be his masterpiece, More ostensibly describes the ideal society, however, the true intention of the work was to provide More with a platform that he could use to criticize social and political policy in sixteenth century England. In so doing, More presents opinions that differ sharply from his contemporaries Nicolo Machiavelli, author of The Prince, and Castiglione, author of The Book of the Courtier, who, like More, also express a position relative to the nature of virtue within the context of political power. Examination of the attitudes of these contemporaries shows how drastically different More's Utopia was, even in regards to his own era. No other sources cited.
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true intention of the work was to provide More with a platform that he could use to criticize social and political policy in sixteenth century England. In so doing, More
presents opinions that differ sharply from his contemporaries Nicolo Machiavelli, author of The Prince, and Castiglione, author of The Book of the Courtier, who, like More, also express a position
relative to the nature of virtue within the context of political power. Examination of the attitudes of these contemporaries shows how drastically different Mores Utopia was, even in regards to
his own era. The scenario for Utopia pictures More engaged in intellectual conversation with a friend, Peter Giles, who introduces More to a philosopher and world traveler, Raphael Hythloday,
who astounds More with his tales of an island society called Utopia. Giles and More state that they are certain that Hythloday would make a wonderful counselor to a king,
due to his experience, but Hythloday objects to this idea and underscores his objection by describing a dinner that he once attended that was given by Cardinal Morton. Hythloday explains
that, at this dinner, he voiced many of his ideas concerning social justice that he gained from his visit to Utopia and that these ideas were met with derision
until the Cardinal spoke, indicating that he took Hythlodays suggests seriously. Then the entire company began to voice general approval. Hythloday offers this story as an example of why it
is pointless to provide counsel to a king when monarchs are accustomed to being surrounded by courtiers who will automatically agree to whatever the prince says. As this suggests,
More the world of politics and the courtier as an essentially false one where virtue cannot prosper. His description of Utopian society demonstrates that he felt that the purpose of
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