Memoirs of the life of Sir Thomas More lord high chancellor of England, in the reign of Henry VIII. To which is added, his History of Utopia, translated into English ... with notes historical and explanatory.

1758 Thomas More UTOPIA Socialism Politics Dystopian Marxism + Warner Memoir
"[how can anyone] be silly enough to think himself better than other people, because his clothes are made of finer woolen thread than theirs. After all, those fine clothes were once worn by a sheep, and they never turned it into anything better than a sheep." ― Thomas More, Utopia
Thomas More was one of the most important Catholic philosophers of the late 15th-century. He is remembered for his work 'Utopia', a famous book depicting a fictional island society with its own social, religious, and political customs. 'Utopia' and More's other works were highly influential to Anabaptists, communism, and social Marxism. Many aspects of 'Utopia' describe life in a monastery, yet still, More seems to be criticizing European society – which he considered to have many problems. More, a devout Catholic, writes of controversial topics which those on the island of Utopia practiced such as divorce, euthanasia, married priests, and female priests. These practices were widely opposed within the Catholic faith, but More cites them as commonplace in his writing.
'Utopia' is even polarizing in terms of modern politics. It seems to have been influential to Anabaptists, communism, and social Marxism. Though, 'the answer implied by "Utopia" was that political realities must be changed in order to free men." "More was claiming that community pressure could be made to correspond to and to endorse conscience and the way to achieve this was through institutional and legal regulation, supervision and control…the environment of the monastery." (Davis, 57-58).
In the 18th-century, Church of England clergyman, Ferdinando Warner published a memoir of the life of Thomas More, in which he supplemented the memoir with 'Utopia'.
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WARNER, Ferdinando
Memoirs of the life of Sir Thomas More lord high chancellor of England, in the reign of Henry VIII. To which is added, his History of Utopia, translated into English ... with notes historical and explanatory.
London : Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers ; And J. Payne, 1758. First edition.
Details: Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1Part I – 'The Life of Sir Thomas More'[2], xiv, 156Part II – 'The History of Utopia' [4], 230References: Davis, Utopia and the Ideal Society; Lakowski International Thomas More Bibliography U19Provenance: Armorial BookplateSir Richard Vyvyan, Bar.Sir Richard Vyvyan, 1st Baronet (c. 1613 – October 3, 1665) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1640 and 1665. He supported the Royalist cause in the English Civil War.Vyvyan was the eldest son of Sir Francis Vyvyan (1575–1635), head of one of Cornwall's leading families who had been both a Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Cornwall.Robert Singlehurst CrossLanguage: EnglishBinding: Leather; tight & secureSize: ~8in X 5in (20cm x 13cm)
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