Out of all the Humanists discussed in class, Thomas More provides the best insights into the human condition. First of all, in More’s important book, Utopia, he wrote about his ideal and imaginary nation that he wished the world could reflect. In this Utopian society, people share everything, have abundance, work and eat as a community, and lead ordered, regulated lives. More wished that everyone could be equal, and described that in his Utopia “nobody owns anything but everyone is rich – for what greater wealth can there be than cheerfulness, peace of mind, and freedom from anxiety?” Secondly, Thomas More advocated a limit on private property to relieve the heavy burden of anxieties on the community. He believed that a society based on money
