Pleasure and Variety in Thomas More's Utopia
The goal of this article is to provide a better understanding of the organization of pleasure (voluptas) in the moral philosophy and in the social practices of the inhabitants of Utopia, the fictional island created by Thomas More. For this purpose, we will focus on the classifications of pleasure i...
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Moreana
Year: 2016, Volume: 53, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 147-170 |
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Pleasure
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