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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Main Author: Wegemer, Gerard B. 1950- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Edinburgh University Press [2017]
In: 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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