Thomas More

their downfall. Thomas More and George Danton are individuals that were public figures, leaders, and eventually executed for their doings. Although these men were prominent leaders throughout their eras, their roles throughout different time periods have been greatly disputed. The lives of Thomas More and George Danton remained revolutionaries all the way up to their illegitimate executions due to their more modernistic views and will for reform. As individuals and public figures More and…

Have you ever wondered about your Utopia? Or even how leadership works? In the excerpt “Utopia” by Sir Thomas More, More cast a disapproving eye on the injustices of his time. More criticized waging war and criticized rulers living a rich life style required a lot of money at the expense of citizens. Rulers also taxed the poor harshly and took advantage of outdated laws that gave monarchs the right to impose fines so they could collect money. Rulers also kept their subjects in poverty to have…

Through Utopia, More criticized and provided the leaders of his time with keen insights to help improve his world by claiming that the leaders should not use poverty as a means to help control their people. In the book Utopia, Sir Thomas More claimed, “Certainly it is wrong to think that the poverty of the people is a safeguard of public peace” (Page 1). More said this to explain that a leader should not use poverty to control the people because the leaders already have what they want. Leaders…

Sir Thomas More is considered one of the most significant English intellectuals of the early 16th century. He was an exceptional example of what education could obtain in England. Thomas More was an English lawyer, writer, scholar, leader in Utopian Literature, Member of Parliament, Chancellor and Catholic martyr. More was born into the family of a well-renounced lawyer on February 7, 1478. More’s family, although not that of a noble family, that had a long tradition of civic service to London…

Thomas More’s Utopia and Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal both captured my attention this semester with how they both were very political in addressing real life problems of their respective time periods. Thomas More was a writer of the 16th century while Jonathan Swift was a writer of the 18th century. The writing styles of both authors also plays an enormous part in how their points came across in each writing. More’s Utopia was writing in a humorous sort of style and Swift’s A Modest…

Accumulating wealth to pay off foreign mercenaries in the event of a major crisis or emergency is just being prepared. The most unexpected things happen when you least expect them. The Utopians in Thomas More’s book Utopia weren’t very fond of war but realized it was something that had to be done if need be. It was because of this they trained for it constantly but still hired mercenaries to do their dirty work. It’s better to use cannon fodder before using your own troops. They do all of…

of a bored kid. Regardless of my lackadaisical spiritual agenda at that age, I can recall the structures of St. Thomas More quite well (with some additional help from my mom of course). St. Thomas More is a Catholic church located off of East Avenue and has the stereotypical exterior of a church- a tall pointed roof with a cross attached to the upmost point. The inside is a lot more visually interesting. My favorite thing always had been looking up at the huge stained glass windows with…

a consequence of their overlapping interactions. This bond is the result of communal institutions, beliefs, resources, characteristics, or regions. The concept of a Utopia, or an ideal society, was first introduced by Sir Thomas More in his book of the same name. In Utopia, More details a civilization in which everything is held in common, from property to political power. In this simple, egalitarian union, no one wants for anything. The word Utopia directly translates to “No Place,” indicating…

“Tradition, long conditioned thinking, can bring about a fixation, a concept that one readily accepts, perhaps not with a great deal of thought.” –Jiddu Kirshnamurti. When there is a strong tradition followed in a community, it is a major component in shaping the citizens beliefs. It is often the base for the society’s cultural and societal norms. This is regarded in Alden Nowlan’s play The Dollar Woman during multiple circumstances. As well as in the short story “The Boat” by Alistair MacLeod,…

“expectations of ‘right’ behavior “(Henslin, 2011, p. 49). Not all people do conform to the norms that our society has set out for us, and at the same time people violate them without noticing. Working in the food industry, I find myself recognizing more and more of our norms that are being broken that I came to just shrug off before. Two weeks ago a young man and a mother displayed an example of a norm violation while I was working. This young man was not out of his teenage years and…