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- Title
UTOPIA AND PLUTARCH'S MORALIA.
- Authors
Vickers, Brian
- Abstract
The article emphasizes that Raphael Hythlodaeus, the editor of the magazine "Yale" has missed to notice that the marginal note in the last two paragraphs of the book "Utopia," by Thomas More, has been borrowed from the book "Moralia," by German historian Plutarch. Towards the end of "Utopia," Hythlodaeus sums up the virtues of that ideal state, mentioned in the book, and launches a climactic attack on human vice, especially pride. The article author emphasizes that More, in his book, seems to be recalling a passage from Plutarch's treatise "On Tranquility of Mind," describing envy. The article author notes that "Utopia" was published in 1516 and the editio princeps of the "Moralia" was 1509.
- Subjects
BOOKS; UTOPIA (Book : More); MORALIA (Book); MORE, Thomas, 1565-1625; VICE in literature; UTOPIAS
- Publication
Notes & Queries, 1993, Vol 40, Issue 2, p152
- ISSN
0029-3970
- Publication type
Article