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Sir Thomas More PC (7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), venerated in the Catholic Church as Saint Thomas More, [2] was an English lawyer, judge, [3] social philosopher, author, statesman, amateur theologian, and noted Renaissance humanist. [4] He also served Henry VIII as Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to May 1532. [5]
The Life of Thomas More. New York: Anchor, 1999; Bore, Isabella. Thomas More et Ie Grand Turc: variations sur le theme des invasions ottomanes Morcalla Vol. 48, 185-186. pp. 9–34. Lakowski, Romuald I. A Dialogue of Comfort in Tribulation. Ph.D. Diss. U of British Columbia, 1993. Lakowski, Romuald I. Sir Thomas More and the Art of Dialogue. Ph ...
Utopia (Latin: Libellus vere aureus, nec minus salutaris quam festivus, de optimo rei publicae statu deque nova insula Utopia, [1] "A truly golden little book, not less beneficial than enjoyable, about how things should be in a state and about the new island Utopia") is a work of fiction and socio-political satire by Thomas More (1478–1535), written in Latin and published in 1516.
The Yale Edition of the Complete Works of St. Thomas More is the standard scholarly edition of the works of Thomas More, published by Yale University Press. [1] The first of the fifteen volumes to be published (volume 2) appeared in 1963, and the last (volume 1) in 1997.
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The term gained widespread usage following the publication of Thomas More's 1516 book Utopia. [2] Building upon the work of sociologist Ruth Levitas, [1] social psychologists have tested the functions of utopian thinking among people. [2] [3] Utopia is fundamentally a cultural and psychological concept, existing solely as symbols within people ...
Title page. Essays on the active powers of the human mind is a book written by the Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid.The first edition was published in 1788 in Edinburgh.It is the third and last volume in a collection of his essays on the powers of the human mind and was preceded by the first book: Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (1764), in which Reid focussed on ...
Maria More (née Scrope) (1534–1607), Wife of Thomas More II. Sir Thomas More (1478–1535) wearing his official Tudor Collar of Esses. This part reproduces Holbein's famous portrait of More now at the Frick Collection. [11] Thomas More II (1531–1606), Grandson of Sir Thomas More. Margaret Roper (1505–1544), Daughter of Sir Thomas More.