now: the Kennedy assassination‚ Watergate‚ Vietnam... ~ J.G. Ballard. I refuse to be part of a generation that celebrates the death of communism abroad with the loss of the American dream at home. ~ Bill Clinton. Utopic For other nations‚ utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon. Henry A. Kissinger “Getting a dog has become part of the American dream. It’s part of the package. Part of the happy American life is getting a house‚ a bit
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STATES OF AMERICA‚ Plaintiff-Appellee‚ v. ALFRED JAMES PRINCE‚ Defendant-Appellant No. 90-6370 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 938 F.2d 1092; 1991 U.S. App. LEXIS 14248 July 9‚ 1991‚ Filed SUBSEQUENT HISTORY: Writ of certiorari denied Prince v. United States‚ 502 U.S. 961‚ 112 S. Ct. 427‚ 116 L. Ed. 2d 447‚ 1991 U.S. LEXIS 6611 (1991) Post-conviction proceeding at‚ Motion denied by United States v. Prince‚ 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 17403 (10th Cir. Okla.‚ July 10
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OZAN AKÇA 1111310054 1-TITLE: UTOPIA 2-AUTHOR: SIR THOMAS MORE 3-DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2011 4-NUMBER OF PAGES: 176 5-GENRE: Science Fiction 6- THEME: Common welfare vs. private interest 7-SETTING: Antwerp 8-PLOT: On a diplomatic trip to Brussels‚ "More" takes a side trip to the seaport of Antwerp where he falls into conversation with Peter Giles and Giles’ acquaintance‚ Raphael Hythloday‚ who sailed with Amerigo Vespucci. The men go to "More"’s house where‚ in the
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one’s faults against its victories to render it better or worse than the other. This comparative structure‚ found between Thomas More’s two books of Utopia‚ poses the country of Utopia opposite the broader communities of world civilization. Despite the comparison of Utopia as distinct from and morally better than widespread society‚ in truth Utopia is‚ at best‚ an extension. The sloth of governments abroad have led Utopians to pursue lives of group work rather than personal property. In Book I
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Thomas More’s Utopia is a work of ambiguous dualities that forces readers to question More’s real view on the concept of a utopian society. However‚ evidence throughout the novel suggests that More did intend Utopia to be the “best state of the commonwealth.” The detailed description of Utopia acts as Mores mode of expressing his humanistic views‚ commenting on the fundamentals of human nature and the importance of reason and natural law‚ while gracefully combining the two seemingly conflicting ideals
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UTOPIA 1. What was the date of publication of Utopia? 2. What explorations had created a new world picture in the quarter of a century prior to the composition of Utopia? How did those explorations affect the book? 3. Who was Erasmus and what was his connection with More? 4. Who was Peter Giles and what was his role in Utopia? 5. Who was Raphael Hythloday and what was his role in Utopia? 6. Who was Cardinal Morton and how did he figure in Utopia? 7. Cite several conditions‚ laws‚ and customs
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Evaluate the pros/cons in life in Utopia Humanity always seems to debate on what makes a perfect society. Whether it is completely controlled by the government or a free nature of state. In Moore’s Utopia‚ he explores the aspects of this so called perfect society. Yet like any piece of literature‚ the reader might find pros and cons to life in “Utopia” the way Moore describes it. These can include the sx hour working day and everyone being materially equal‚ as being positive. Versus women having
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coordinate to live under a single political structure‚ good governance is necessary. Nicholas Machiavelli contrasts Plato’s utopia attending a central problem of politics by practising power over individuals to achieve wellbeing to the state. This essay explores how philosophers approach the concept of power through the virtues shown in their respective works The Republic and The Prince. Both philosophers‚ Plato in the polis and Machiavelli in the principality‚ argue that virtues are necessary and serve
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More‚ the author‚ describes Utopia as a community or society possessing highly desirable or near perfect qualities. However‚ this fictional society would not work especially in today’s day and age‚ because the description of the cities and farms hinges upon a general fact of Utopian life: homogeneity. Everything in Utopia is as similar as it possibly can be. According to Hythloday the cities are almost indistinguishable from each other. They have virtually the same populations‚ architecture‚ layouts
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Utopia is defined as an imaginary place in which the government‚ laws‚ and social conditions are perfect. The word was first used in the book Utopia by Sir Thomas More‚ published in 1516‚ describing a fictional island society composed of fifty-four cities with the same structure and way of life. Thomas More creates an ideal society‚ seemingly perfectly balanced‚ contrasting the flawed society in Europe at this time. From the geography of Utopia to the acceptance of religions‚ More’s society is easily
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