Utopia- Thomas More
by Andrea Ticas

1. The people found happiness through nonsense
2. More wrote Utopia with a comedic tone, allowing him to speak his truth while telling a deeper story.
3. Overview
3.1. Thomas More's Utopia is a Christian-humanist view of an ideal society.
3.1.1. New node
3.2. More does not simply offer a theoretical view, but provides specifics for how to create this world.
3.3. Utopia offers a Christianized form of Plato's Republic.
4. Christian Synthesis
4.1. The Christian aspect of the synthesis is Christ's gospel of caring for the poor, the oppressed and the downtrodden.
4.2. The Platonic, Republican tradition is the Greek aspect of the synthesis.
5. Humor and Parody
5.1. Utopia means nowhere
5.2. The local political system is called a sty
6. Property
6.1. Communal ownership of land, and private property does not exist.
6.2. Government assigns land to you.
6.2.1. This affects society because if you have to move and share shelter the quality of the shelter might be different in each one in some cases it might be bad and in some cases might be good so there would be no equality there
6.2.1.1. New node