Focus: Christian Humanism
Focus Questions:
What is the nature of Utopian society? Is it an ideal society? If so, is it a society made up of ideal people? Compare the "absurdities" in Utopia with Erasmus's Christian folly. How are the similar/different?
What do the documents reveal about the political, religious and intellectual climate of the 16th century? Are the ideals expressed the result of innovation in a new age or simply imitation of classical thought?
Support Documents:
Christian humanism: The writings of Erasmus and Thomas More's Utopia
Summary of Utopia
Summary and Comparison w/Plato's Republic
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