A few incidental references comparing the state of affairs in contemporary europe with the manners and government of a nation on a remote island called utopia leads into the discussion in the second book. The fictional characters of the book, however, should not be considered to be direct translations of these historic personalities to the page. A summary of education, science, philosophy in sir thomas mores utopia. Philosophy cliffsnotes study guides book summaries. The island of utopia is in the middle 200 miles broad, and holds almost at the same breadth over a great part of it. Utopia was not always an island, hythloday says, nor was it always called utopia. A summary of slaves, euthanasia, marriage, treaties in sir thomas mores utopia. A summary of common property in sir thomas mores utopia. Book two of utopia is presented to the reader as a direct discourse on various aspects of utopian society.
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes, the sparknotes utopia study guide has everything you need to ace quizzes. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. It is, however, important to remember the fictional. The characters of more, giles, and morton all correspond in biographical background to actual historical people, sir thomas more author of utopia, the humanist thinker peter giles, and former chancellor of england cardinal john morton. Instant downloads of all 1291 litchart pdfs including utopia. In book 1, thomas more not only the author, but also a main character arrives in antwerp on a business trip where he runs into an old friend, peter giles and meets a new friend, raphael hythloday. Utopus, the conqueror of the place and the founder of utopia itself, civilized the natives of abraxa and had them, along with his own soldiers, cut up and dig away the fifteen miles of ground that connected. Chapter summary for sir thomas mores utopia, book 2 chapter 3 summary.
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