Utopia. E-book. Formato EPUB - 9788827554104

Utopia. E-book. Formato EPUB. De Optimo Republicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia (translated On the Best State of a Republic and on the New Island of Utopia) or more simply Utopia is a 1516 book by Sir (Saint) Thomas More.<br />The book, written in Latin, is a frame narrative primarily depicting a fictional island society and its religious, social and political customs. The name of the place is derived from the Greek words &omicron;? u (&quot;not&quot;) and &tau;?&pi;&omicron;&sigmaf; t&oacute;pos (&quot;place&quot;), with the topographical suffix -&epsilon;?&alpha; e&iacute;a, hence &Omicron;?&tau;&omicron;&pi;&epsilon;?&alpha; outope&iacute;a (Latinized as Utopia), &ldquo;no-place land.&rdquo; It also contains a pun, however, because &ldquo;Utopia&rdquo; could also be the Latinization of &Epsilon;?&tau;&omicron;&pi;&epsilon;?&alpha; eutope&iacute;a, &ldquo;good-place land,&rdquo; which uses the Greek prefix &epsilon;&upsilon; eu, &ldquo;good,&rdquo; instead of &omicron;?. One interpretation holds that this suggests that while Utopia might be some sort of perfected society, it is ultimately unreachable. Despite modern connotations of the word &quot;utopia,&quot; it is widely accepted that the society More describes in this work was not actually his own &quot;perfect society.&quot; Rather he wished to use the contrast between the imaginary land&#39;s unusual political ideas and the chaotic politics of his own day as a platform from which to discuss social issues in Europe.