Not “Dressed Like a Philosopher”: Tactful Statesmanship in Utopia and the Epigrams
This paper argues that the mode of statesmanship recommended in Utopia provides the framework for the Epigrams. While Utopia demonstrates the need for artful indirection by exposing the vices of a man too proud to adopt it, the Epigrams exhibit More's preparation for and practice of a tactfully...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Moreana
Year: 2021, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 31-52 |
| Further subjects: | B
Républicanisme
B Rhétorique B Epigrams B Epigrammes B Poésie B Statesmanship B Gouvernance B Poetry B Rhetoric B Utopia B Republicanism B Philosophy B Thomas More |
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| Summary: | This paper argues that the mode of statesmanship recommended in Utopia provides the framework for the Epigrams. While Utopia demonstrates the need for artful indirection by exposing the vices of a man too proud to adopt it, the Epigrams exhibit More's preparation for and practice of a tactfully philosophic statesmanship. Cet article soutient que le mode de gouvernance recommandé dans L'Utopie correspond à l'idée générale défendue dans les Epigrammes. Alors que L'Utopie met en évidence la nécessité d'une indirection astucieuse en exposant les vices d'un homme trop orgueilleux pour l'adopter, les Epigrammes révèlent comment More se prépare à son rôle d'homme d'Etat, qu'il pratique avec tact et philosophie. |
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| ISSN: | 2398-4961 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Moreana
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.3366/more.2021.0091 |
