{"product_id":"9781607782452","title":"Utopia : Edited by Henry Morley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDe Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e (translated   \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e)   or more simply \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUtopia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas   More.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eIn 1516 More wrote his most famous and controversial work, \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e, a   novel wherein a traveller, Raphael Hythloday (in Greek, his name and surname   allude to archangel Raphael, purveyor of truth, and mean \"speaker of nonsense\"),   describes the political arrangements of the imaginary island country of Utopia   (Greek pun \u003ci\u003eou-topos\u003c\/i\u003e [no place], \u003ci\u003eeu-topos\u003c\/i\u003e [good place]) to himself   and to Peter Giles. This novel presents the city of Amaurote as \"of them all   this is the worthiest and of most dignity\".\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e contrasts the contentious social life of European states with   the perfectly orderly, reasonable social arrangements of Utopia and its environs   (Tallstoria, Nolandia, and Aircastle). In Utopia, private property does not   exist, and there is almost complete religious toleration. The novel's principal   message is the social need for order and discipline, rather than liberty. The   country of Utopia tolerates different religious practices, but does not tolerate   atheists. More theorizes that if a man did not believe in a god or in an   afterlife he could never be trusted, because, logically, he would not   acknowledge any authority or principle outside himself.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e-- Excerpted from \u003cem\u003eWikipedia, \u003c\/em\u003ethe free encyclopedia. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MobileReference","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47113071296752,"sku":"9781607782452","price":0.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781607782452_p0.jpg?v=1763832700","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781607782452","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}