Thomas More's Utopian Society

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More’s interest in writing, lead him to writing one of the most well-known and inspirational books today. In 1516, Thomas More published one of the most well-known and import works of the time. This book was called Utopia. Utopia was an imaginary place where the form of government was a republic. The Utopia was ruled by reason and was written to show what society would be like without all of the European politics and problems. The book contained a peaceful undisrupted society. And those that were inhabiting the place were called Utopians. By how the Utopians solved problems in their society by being perfect led to people in the Renaissance to follow the same path, and still can be found in society

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