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- English statesman who opposed Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon and was imprisoned and beheaded; recalled for his concept of Utopia, the ideal state
How To Use Sir Thomas More In A Sentence
- In many Utopias, including that of Sir Thomas More and the Utopian communities of William Lane in Paraguay, divine peace and justice would only be achieved by a strong central authority with the power to oversee all aspects of society.
- When English lawyer Sir Thomas More--a devout Roman Catholic--coined the word "utopia" to describe his imaginary island nation in the early 16th century, it was a play on the Greek eu-topos, meaning "good place" and ou-topos, meaning "no place". Domino's Founder Claims 'Misconceptions' Over Catholic TownDomino's Founder Claims 'Misconceptions' Over Catholic Town
- Sir Thomas More was a man of stately and handsome presence ( Horace Walpole ).
- Sir Thomas More is remembered today as the author of Utopia.
- In fairness to Edward IV, whom Sir Thomas More thought had left his realm ‘in quiet and prosperous estate’, we should say the work of refoundation had already been started.
- You will recall the undignified use Sir Thomas More would have us put it to, and how there was no money at all in the Republic of Plato, and in that later community for which he wrote his Laws an iron coinage of austere appearance and doubtful efficacy .... A Modern Utopia
- On the way to work this morning I noticed the statue of Sir Thomas More sitting in his nice waterfront gardens in Chelsea.
- Sir Thomas More is remembered today as the author of Utopia.
- It was Sir Thomas More who thrust the words Utopia and Utopian into the canon of modern language.
- After this, Ackroyd notes, and applauds, ‘that vernacular straightforwardness… from Beowulf to the works of Sir Thomas More’.
