Abstract :
Year 2016, is the anniversary of the publication of “Utopia” by Thomas More, one of the most important Christian humanists of the Renaissance period. This work, not only brought a new notion to the world, but also led the emergence of a new genre in terms of its style and content. Thomas More, while writing Utopia, was inspired by various Ancient Greek and Roman philosophers’ theories, notably of Plato’s “Republic”. Christianity was also the other important source of inspiration. In spite of this, Utopia was not the imitation or repetition of any of its source of inspiration. On the contrary, the book contains different and incompatible elements compared to the other sources of inspiration. Utopia -with its style and content- is a multilayered and sophisticated work, still debated by academicians from different disciplines. This article examines the political and socio-economical criticisms in the first book and qualities of the “Ideal State” order covered in the second book.
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Utopia , Thomas More , Plato , Ideal State
