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A 10 page research paper concerning the first of many literary 'utopias' which describe perfect imaginary societies. The writer explores the framework of the society imaged by Sir Thomas More in the early sixteenth-century discussing such topics as the rights of the individual, the laws, and customs of More's ideal human society. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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society in which people live harmoniously and productively, each person developing their full potential. Various societies have been proposed beginning in antiquity. Platos Republic was undoubtedly one of the first
ideal society pictured in literary form. The actual term "Utopia" was coined by Sir. Thomas More 1516 for his description of an ideal society. The term actually means "no place"
(Tuleja PG). Since the publication of Utopia, the concept of a utopia has grown from Mores original creation of a mythical place to a whole literary genre, and then,
finally, to a familiar and popular political concept (Holscher 1). Mores concept was very influential in his day. Many of the colonists who came to the New World, such as
the Puritans of Massachusetts, believed that they could establish a perfect, or near-perfect, society here on earth (Tuleja PG). More wrote Utopia at least partly in reaction to the "selfishness
and depredation of growing economic individualism" which was prevalent in his time ("Communism" PG). This is why the various religious groups seeking to establish "utopias" usually advocated a form of
communism as a means of returning to a state which they perceived as being closer to God. As pointed out by both Baker and Bruce, More is not always
consistent in the framework which he sets up for his imaginary society. Bruce addresses how Mores use of reason is contradictory. While More uses reason to examine the states control
over mortality, this method really raises more problems than it solves (Bruce 267). More uses reason to limit personal freedom while having reason attack those limitations at the same time.
Likewise, Baker points out that these very contradictions represent "the ambiguous politics of English humanism" at that time (Baker 1). Nevertheless, certain conclusions can be reached as to how More
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