However, Thomas More has been able to hypothesize several fundamental opinions regarding society as an expression of Christian Idealism. Especially, the themes of war and religion have been described in a very complicated and contradictory manner by More. One of the complexities in Utopia is its style that is quite vague and sometimes, it does not go along with the rest of the text.įurthermore, the reader becomes more complicated by the provision of even further paradoxes in the text. Moreover, most of the experts have confronted enormous challenges at the time of understanding the true opinions of Thomas More, especially the society that has been represented by the writer. However, several experts have interpreted the Utopia text of Thomas More in several variations, which have been based on political, social, educational, and cultural norms and values. In addition, situations when a man primarily conflicts with his age have been discussed in the text. Utopia has signified the state of society during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. 23-25, 2001) The true opinions of Thomas More In addition, the paper will try to understand the relationship of Utopia with the development of Classical Utopian thought, as well as, with the Christian Idealism that are some of the major themes of More’s text.
One of the foremost texts of Thomas More is Utopia, which will be discussed in this paper with the evaluation of his thoughts related to Christian Humanism. In this regard, one of the prominent activists was Thomas More who became a part of this movement with the help of Erasmus and John Colet.
In other words, avoidance and elimination of immorality from society were one of the major objectives of Christian Humanism. The Catholic Churches were tackling abuses problems that were dealt with by this movement. Near the ending of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth century, Northern Europe confronted a strong force from Christian Humanism.
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