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The evils of the world prompted the 16th century English martyr and saint to describe a fictional, ideal state, which he envisioned as a self-sufficient island supporting a perfectly orga… Plus…

The evils of the world prompted the 16th century English martyr and saint to describe a fictional, ideal state, which he envisioned as a self-sufficient island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people. At the age of about nineteen, Thomas More was sent to Canterbury College where he was one of the first students to learn Greek. In 1499, More left Oxford to study law in London. More uses Utopia to attack what he saw as the social and political evils of his time. The novel's main them The evils of the world prompted the 16th century English martyr and saint to describe a fictional, ideal state, which he envisioned as a self-sufficient island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people. At the age of about nineteen, Thomas More was sent to Canterbury College where he was one of the first students to learn Greek. In 1499, More left Oxford to study law in London. More uses Utopia to attack what he saw as the social and political evils of his time. The novel's main theme is the social need for order and discipline, rather than liberty. The country of Utopia tolerates different religious practices, but does not tolerate atheists. More theorizes that if a man did not believe in a god or in an afterlife he could never be trusted, because, logically, he would not acknowledge any authority or principle outside himself. Romance, , Utopia~~ More, Thomas~~Romance~~9781438577111, en, Utopia, More, Thomas, 9781438577111, Book Jungle, 11/01/2010, , , , Book Jungle, 11/01/2010<