Sir Thomas More ranks in the upper echelon of heroes of the humanist movement. His greatest work, Utopia, focused on people's curiosity concerning the New World. The premise of Utopia is a conversation that More had with Raphael Hythlodaeus, a sailor who traveled with Amerigo Vespucci to discover a new land named Utopia. More utilizes the pun of the word Utopia, meaning both "good place" and "no place." More both criticizes his own government and describes a perfect one, a mixture of progressive ideas and those of Plato.
In this society, the concept of private property is virtually non-existent. The majority of political officers are elected in free elections, and More believe
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