Thomas More's rule of pleasure before, after, and in Utopia
After establishing a context of More's lifelong engagement with the calculus of pleasure, this essay shows how the section devoted to the Utopians' pleasure philosophy is structured around five formulations of a rule to calculate true and honest [honesta] pleasure in ways that playfu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Edinburgh University Press
[2017]
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Moreana
Year: 2017, Volume: 54, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-56 |
| Further subjects: | B
Augustine
B Epicure B Epicurus B Augustin B Chrysostome B Cicéron B Pleasure B Chrysostom B Aristote B Platon B Cicero B Lucian B Lucien B Plato B Utopia B Plaisir B Aristotle |
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| Summary: | After establishing a context of More's lifelong engagement with the calculus of pleasure, this essay shows how the section devoted to the Utopians' pleasure philosophy is structured around five formulations of a rule to calculate true and honest [honesta] pleasure in ways that playfully imitate and echo the rule Cicero formulates several times in De officiis to discern one's duty when there seems to be a conflict between honestas et utilitas. When followed, the Utopian pleasure calculus shows the necessary role of societas, officii, iustitia, caritas, and the other aspects of human nature, most importantly friendship, that Cicero stresses in his rule and that he argued Epicurus ignored. Much of the irony and humor of this section depends on seeing the predominance of Ciceronian vocabulary in Raphael's unusual defense [patrocinium] of pleasure, rather than a Ciceronian defense of duty rooted in honestas. Throughout, however, this essay also shows how More goes beyond Cicero by including Augustinian... |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2017.0005 |