The complete works of St. Thomas More: Translations of Lucian. Edited by Craig R. Thompson
The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
This extraordinary treatise on the values of rationality and reason - here presented in a sparkling new translation by Roger Clarke and accompanied by copious notes and additional texts - questions what a philosopher can do to enact change ...
The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
But there has always been a shadow at the heart of Utopia. If this is a depiction of the perfect state, why, as well as wonder, does it provoke a growing unease?
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In the spring of 1521 he became eager to hear about More , and on three different occasions , and with rising impatience , he sought Cranevelt for any news about him ( LCB47 of March 1521,250 LCB54 of 29 April , 251 LCB61 of 22 May ) ...
" The work is an argument neither for utopian or anti-utopian visions. Rather it shows the possibilities of political norms in advancing the human condition in open societies.
Utopia
The Complete Works of St. Thomas More
Given More¿s demanding personal spiritual life, one would assume that More wishes to praise a famous and virtuous man. But what emerges from this book is quite different.
Scarisbrick offers an exposition of the " great matter " in his masterful biography of Henry VIII ( chap . 7 , " The Canon Law of the Divorce " ) . But see also Henry Ansgar Kelly . The Matrimonial Trials of Henry VIII .
Three Early Modern Utopias
This book was the last that St. Thomas More wrote in the Tower of London before he was executed for standing firm in his Catholic faith.
Although it is generally accepted that More's "Richard III" initiates modern historical writing, there has been no scholarly edition of either the Latin of the English versions. The Yale St....
George M. Logan , The Meaning of More's ' Utopia ' ( Princeton , 1983 ) , is primarily concerned with the relation between Utopia and classical and Renaissance political philosophy . This is also the focus of Quentin Skinner ...
本书以讲解基督受难的历程为线索, 穿插莫尔对宗教改革以及个人修身和君主治国之道的各种点评和建议, 可以用修齐治平, 宗教人生和政治情怀作为全书中心语.
Sir Thomas More'S Utopia by John Churton Collins, first published in 1904, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book...
This book is Thomas More's masterpiece.
In The Four Last Things, More prescribes frequent meditation on Death, Judgment, Pain and Joy in order to combat the spiritual diseases of pride, covetousness, lust, anger, gluttony, envy and sloth.The Supplication of Souls is More's ...