1639 UTOPIA Sir Thomas More
Socialism Utopian Politics EARLY English ed Alsop
“[how can anyone] be silly enough
to think himself better than other people”
― Thomas More, ‘Utopia’
This famous book by Thomas More, ‘Utopia,’
depicts a fictional island society with its own social, religious, and
political customs. First published in 1516, many 16th-century
critics were curious and confused at the reason More wrote the work. Many
aspects of ‘Utopia’ describe life in
a monastery, yet still, More seems to be criticizing European society – which
he considered to have many problems. More, a devout Catholic, writes of
controversial topics which those on the island of Utopia practiced such as
divorce, euthanasia, married priests, and female priests. These practices were
widely opposed within the Catholic faith, but More cites them as commonplace in
his writing.
‘Utopia’ is even polarizing in
terms of modern politics. It seems to have been influential to Anabaptists,
communism, and social Marxism. Though,
‘the answer implied by “Utopia” was that political realities must be changed in order to
free men.” “More was claiming that community pressure could be made to
correspond to and to endorse conscience and the way to achieve this was through
institutional and legal regulation, supervision and control…the environment of
the monastery.” (Davis, 57-58).
This 1639 English edition is exceedingly rare and valuable.
Item number: #22022
Price: $2500
MORE, Thomas
The common-vvealth of Utopia : containing a learned and pleasant
discourse of the best state of a publike weale, as it is found in the
government of the new ile called Vtopia
London: Printed by B. Alsop & T. Fawcet, and are to be sold by Wil :
Sheares, 1639. First Alsop edition
Details:
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Collation: Complete with all pages
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[4], 305, [1]
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References: Davis, Utopia and the Ideal Society; Lakowski International Thomas More Bibliography
U19;
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather;
tight and secure
· Size: ~5.75in X 3.5in (14.5cm x 8.5cm)
· Exceedingly
rare, valuable, and desirable with auction records and price comparisons at
$4,000
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