When1: 1510
When2: 1535
Who: Thomas More [More, Thomas]
What: philosopher
Where: London, England
works\ Utopia [1516: about just and good political system]
Detail: He lived 1478 to 1535 and was Catholic humanist. Freedom requires religious tolerance. Society's problems, especially property inequality, cause most wrongdoing. State interests are material, not spiritual. Society should organize, so community holds all property {communism, More}, with no classes. Citizens should be equal before the law. Punishments should not be severe.
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