Codependent No More

fantasize and entertain the idea. Sir Thomas More, in 1516 imagined a place of perfection in which he decided to named Utopia. The very word Utopia itself derives from the Greek root Ou-tupos meaning ‘no place’. More interestingly the easily confused identical Greek root Eu-tupos means ‘good place’. Did Sir Thomas More purposely coin a word to mean both good place and no place? Based on the indecisiveness of the word itself, I believe Sir Thomas More knew that a utopian society at best could…

In 1516, Thomas More published his famous work, Utopia, a novel that described a society that were perfect in every aspects, and the idea became the definition of the word “utopia.” However, More himself admitted that such perfect society was impossible. In fact, he used the word “utopia” because it both meant “good place” and “no place.” Interestingly, this idea was not new. About a decade ago, it was the central theme in Geoffrey Chaucer’s The Canterbury Tale. During the period of the story,…

tyranny. Utopia by St. Thomas More describes a fantastic Island where the principal law is to pursue the common good. Utopia is different from Plato’s Republic, in that Utopians are allowed to have family, they have a common property, and they can have the power over decisions their states take and they can make changes over their rules. Even though, Utopians are not free to pursue their interests and can only act and think for the common good of the island. More…

1516 by Thomas More. The book is a narrative of a society on an island filled with different political and social ideas compared to England during that time period. There is no specific claim that this book is entirely true but based on numerous aspects in the story it is believed that this is a work of fiction. The beginning of the book frames who Thomas Moore was and what he had accomplished throughout his life. Thomas More was born in 1478 and died in 1535. In his lifetime, More had many…

potentials. This also effected how everything was being portrayed in day to day life. Art change with a keen interest in details and an emphasis on realism. music change from the typical Gregorian chant to more instruments, and the way of thought eventually followed with the new wave of change. Thomas More would be a very big part of this with his Utopia and the new ideas that went into this book would show how vastly different the Renaissance way of thought was from the thinking of the old…

Can a Utopian Society Survive? What is a perfect world? Can a Utopia be “perfect” or is it destined to fail. A Utopia is an ideal world. Is it possible to make an ideal world flourish and succeed? A Utopia’s rules are supposed to make everyone joyous and safe. For example, someone might think a Utopia to be filled with cotton candy and someone might think it to be filled with vegetables. It is not possible to make the perfect world because perfection as a common rule is never achievable. Ego or…

What would my utopia be like? What is a utopia? A utopia is a perfect world. My utopia would be pretty great to me. I will describe its government, entertainment, education, religion, and family life. First, I should probably tell you the name of my utopia. The name of my utopia is Livopolis. Livopolis’ government is pretty wonderful. First off, everyone would have a job. There would be no such thing as a “dream job” because you would already have it. To make sure everyone is…

Through Utopia, More provided the leaders of his time with keen insight to help improve his world by claiming that leaders should not use poverty as a method of controlling his people. In Utopia More claimed, “Certainly it is wrong to think that the poverty of the people is a safeguard of public peace.”(Utopia, Sir Thomas More) What More means in this quote is that a leader should not use poverty as a means to control his people. More’s point here was when people are dependent on their leader’s…

In my utopia, τέλειος, everything is perfect. In τέλειος three main branches of everyday life are completely different in a more exceeding way. With the three main branches being Government, Education, and The People; with these things as the three branches everyone is affected by them in a surpassing way. Everyone is invited to τέλειος. Government In τέλειος there is a perfect government. In my utopia my government consists of everyone working, fair taxes, no debt, God is a very important…

cannot abuse power and become too strong and restrictive. Nevertheless, there are designated persons to help ensure the laws are followed. Laws are strongly enforced when broken; however, this is quite uncommon. If you make a rule for yourself, are you more likely to follow it? The people in the society have formed all the laws, and chosen the consequences to these laws themselves. Because they have chosen all the laws, they know their limits and they agree with the rules that are set for…