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Utopia
(Encyclopedia) UtopiaUtopiay&oomacr;tōˈpēə [Gr.,=no place], title of a book by Sir Thomas More, published in Latin in 1516. The work pictures an ideal state where all is ordered for the best for…Brewer's: Utopia
properly means nowhere (Greek, ou topos). It is the imaginary island of Sir Thomas More, where everything is perfectthe laws, the morals, the politics, etc. In this romance the evils of…Utopia: Introduction
Introduction Sir Thomas More, son of Sir John More, a justice of the King's Bench, was born in 1478, in Milk Street, in the city of London. After his earlier education at St. Anthony's…Utopia: Of Their Magistrates
Of Their Towns, Particularly of Amaurot Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of Their Magistrates "Thirty families choose every year a magistrate, who was anciently called the…Utopia: Of Their Traffic
Of Their Trades, and Manner of Life Of the Travelling of the Utopians Of Their Traffic "But it is now time to explain to you the mutual intercourse of this people, their commerce, and…Atlantis
(Encyclopedia) AtlantisAtlantisətlăntĭs, ăt– [key], in Greek legend, large island in the western sea (the Atlantic Ocean). Plato, in his dialogues the Timaeus and the Critias, tells of the high…Scarsdale
(Encyclopedia) Scarsdale, village (1990 pop. 16,987), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a residential suburb of New York City; settled c.1701, inc. 1915. Scarsdale is often considered typical of upper-class…Utopia: Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages
Of the Travelling of the Utopians Of Their Military Discipline Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages "They do not make slaves of prisoners of war, except those that are taken in…Utopia: Of Their Military Discipline
Of Their Slaves, and of Their Marriages Of the Religions of the Utopians Of Their Military Discipline They detest war as a very brutal thing, and which, to the reproach of human…Utopia: Of the Religions of the Utopians
Of Their Military Discipline Of the Religions of the Utopians "There are several sorts of religions, not only in different parts of the island, but even in every town; some…Trending
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