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6 . How much do you know about Thomas More′s“Utopia”? “Utopia”is More′s masterpiece, written in the form ofa conversation between More and a returned sailor . Thewhole work is divided into two books . The first book con-tains a long discussion on the social conditions of England .In the second book, More describes in detail an ideal societycalled Utopia . The name“ Utopia”comes from two Greekwords meaning“no place”. It was used by More to name hisideal society .Book One of“ Utopia”is a picture of contemporaryEngland . The author severely criticizes English society andexposes social evils . He points out that the enclosure of landand the ensuing expulsion of peasants is the source of socialevils, and that the whole system of society around himseems to him“nothing but a conspiracy of the rich againstthe poor”. He condemns the rich and the ruling class forbringing miseries to the poor peasants . Generally speaking,Book One is a forcible exposure of the evil things of Englishsociety .Book Two offers us a good picture of an ideal society insome unknown ocean . In this society property is held incommon and there is no poverty .All citizens in Utopia are politically equal . Everybodytakes part in labor . The products of the society are dis-tributed according to the needs of the citizens . More empha-sizes the importance of labor for every member of the soci-ety, and insists upon working six hours a day . After work,the citizens spend their time in studying literature, scienceand art .All religions in this ideal society are authorized and tol-erance is the law . Life there is pleasant . People enjoy clean-liness, comfort and well-being .This work became very popular after its publication . Itwas translated into English in 1551 . It is regarded as one ofthe earliest work of Utopian socialism . Our great revolution-ary teacher Karl Marx highly commended this work andmentioned it in his great work,“The Capital”.

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Part Ⅳ The Renaissance

正面	6 . How much do you know about Thomas More′s“Utopia”?
《》	Part Ⅳ The Renaissance
背面	“Utopia”is More′s masterpiece, written in the form of a conversation between More and a returned sailor . The whole work is divided into two books . The first book con- tains a long discussion on the social conditions of England . In the second book, More describes in detail an ideal society called Utopia . The name“ Utopia”comes from two Greek words meaning“no place”. It was used by More to name his ideal society . Book One of“ Utopia”is a picture of contemporary England . The author severely criticizes English society and exposes social evils . He points out that the enclosure of land and the ensuing expulsion of peasants is the source of social evils, and that the whole system of society around him seems to him“nothing but a conspiracy of the rich against the poor”. He condemns the rich and the ruling class for bringing miseries to the poor peasants . Generally speaking, Book One is a forcible exposure of the evil things of English society . Book Two offers us a good picture of an ideal society in some unknown ocean . In this society property is held in common and there is no poverty . All citizens in Utopia are politically equal . Everybody takes part in labor . The products of the society are dis- tributed according to the needs of the citizens . More empha- sizes the importance of labor for every member of the soci- ety, and insists upon working six hours a day . After work, the citizens spend their time in studying literature, science and art . All religions in this ideal society are authorized and tol- erance is the law . Life there is pleasant . People enjoy clean- liness, comfort and well-being . This work became very popular after its publication . It was translated into English in 1551 . It is regarded as one of the earliest work of Utopian socialism . Our great revolution- ary teacher Karl Marx highly commended this work and mentioned it in his great work,“The Capital”.

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