{"product_id":"before-utopia-the-making-of-thomas-mores-mind-hardback-9781487506599","title":"Before Utopia; The Making of Thomas More's Mind (Hardback) 9781487506599","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBefore Utopia\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Making of Thomas More's Mind\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRoss Dealy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487506599\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 3 March 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e416 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.5 x 3.6 cm, 0.78 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It is not easy to say something new about one of the most frequently discussed works of Neo-Latin literature of all time, but Dealy has done so.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Craig Kallendorf (\u003cem\u003eNeo-Latin News, Vol. 79, Nos. 1\u0026amp;2\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBefore Utopia\u003c\/em\u003e demonstrates that Thomas More\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e (1516) is not, as is widely accepted, a rhetorical play of spirit but is instead built from a particular philosophy. That philosophy is not Platonism, but classical Stoicism.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeeply disturbed in his youth by the conviction that he needed to decide between a worldly and a monastic path, Thomas More was transformed in 1504 by Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; \u003ci\u003eDe taedio Iesu\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e. As a consequence, he married in 1505 and wholeheartedly committed himself to worldly affairs. His \u003ci\u003eLucian\u003c\/i\u003e (1506), written after working directly with Erasmus, adopts the Stoic mindset; Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; \u003ci\u003ePraise of Folly\u003c\/i\u003e (1511) shows from beginning to end the workings of More\u0026amp;#x2019;s life-changing Stoic outlook. More\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e then goes on to systematically illustrate the Stoic unitary two-dimensional frame of thought within an imaginary New World setting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBefore Utopia\u003c\/i\u003e is not just a book about Thomas More. It is a book about intellectual history and the movement of ideas from the ancient world to the Renaissance. Ross Dealy emphasizes the continuity between Erasmus and More in their religious and philosophical thought, and above all the decisive influence of Erasmus on More.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: In Search of the Meaning of \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: The Mystery of More\u0026amp;#x2019;s \"Either\/Or\" 1505 Decision: Bodily and Mental Issues before Late 1504\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Religion, Law, and Humanism\u003cbr\u003e2. The Lectures on Augustine\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eCity of God\u003c\/i\u003e (c. 1501)\u003cbr\u003e3. The Translations of Pico\u0026amp;#x2019;s Writings (1504)\u003cbr\u003e4. The Despairing Letter to Colet (1504)\u003cbr\u003e5. January 1505: An Ambivalent Decision?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: More\u0026amp;#x2019;s Radically New, Both\/And, Paradigm: Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; \u003ci\u003eDe taedio Iesu\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/i\u003e, 1503 \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Thomas More\u0026amp;#x2019;s Transformation: A First Reading of \u003cem\u003eDe taedio Iesu\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eEnchiridion\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; Biography of More\u003cbr\u003e3. The Unexplained Explained\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: More\u0026amp;#x2019;s \u003ci\u003eLucian\u003c\/i\u003e, 1506 – and \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e: Teaching Stoic Two-Dimensional Christianity \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Joy and the New Frame of Mind\u003cbr\u003e2. A New Analysis of Saints\u0026amp;#x2019; Lives\u003cbr\u003e3. The Role of \u003ci\u003eCynicus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMenippus\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e4. Modelling Books I–III of \u003ci\u003eDe officiis\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e5. A Relationship to \u003ci\u003eUtopia\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart IV: Thomas More as \u003ci\u003eUnitarily\u003c\/i\u003e \"Democritus\" and \"The Man For All Seasons\": Erasmus\u0026amp;#x2019; Preface to \u003ci\u003eThe Praise of Folly\u003c\/i\u003e, 1510\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart V: A Stoic\/Morean \u003ci\u003ePraise of Folly\u003c\/i\u003e, 1511: \u003ci\u003eThe Praise of Folly Works\u003c\/i\u003e Out More\u0026amp;#x2019;s Stoic-Framed Transformation \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Rhetoric Is Brilliant but Secondary\u003cbr\u003e2. Is Reality Abstract or Worldly? Or Both?\u003cbr\u003e3. Truth Is \"Truer Than Truth Itself\" (The Stoic Unitary Both\/And)\u003cbr\u003e4. Highest Piety Is Unitarily Two-Dimensional\u003cbr\u003e5. Why Is Folly Silent Regarding the Foundation of Her Thinking?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VI: Utopian Philosophy, 1516: Epicureanism within a Stoic \u003ci\u003eHonestum\u003c\/i\u003e\/\u003ci\u003eUtile\u003c\/i\u003e Frame \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Moral Philosophy\u003cbr\u003e2. Stoic Corrections of Epicureans: Religious Absolutes\u003cbr\u003e3. Stoic Corrections of Epicureans: Moral Absolutes\u003cbr\u003e4. Stoic \u003ci\u003eUtile\u003c\/i\u003e Expanded\u003cbr\u003e5. Stoic Justice Expanded\u003cbr\u003e6. Corollaries\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VII: Utopian Warfare: A Unitary Two-Dimensional Mindset \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Super Machiavellians?\u003cbr\u003e2. \"Utter Loathing of War\" and Yet a Thoroughly Militarized State\u003cbr\u003e3. Righteous Cunning, Stratagem, and Ferocity\u003cbr\u003e4. Beyond Machiavelli, a Seamless Mindset\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart VIII: What Wiseman Hythloday Did Not Understand\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52734462132504,"sku":"9781487506599","price":63.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/before-utopia-the-making-of-thomas-mores-mind-hardback-9781487506599","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}