ENGL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Practical Education
31 May 2016
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Odd to look at this work as an english renaissance work. Suggests his skepticism about ever making a better world. Moore identifying himself of a larger whole p. 572/letter: - moore says he"s a recorder, not the author of the work p. 575: - importance of moore marking himself as belonging to english community. Odd bc moore wrote in latin and published in flanders. Moore makes himself a character in his own work. True cause of crime = inequality of wealth. Crime isn"t caused by inherent evil, but by (society) Medieval: - we are evil and society = there to teach us to be good. Utopia: ou topos eu tops (the good place) Values of materialism are treated in contempt in utopia. People who try to convert others are exiled not bc it"s religious blasphemy, but bc individual is seen as nuisance. Knowledge (practical), education, virtue, the good life = what is valued. Everyone lives the same life, wear the same close.
