Thomas More

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Where did he get his education? What was his main occupation?

Where did he get his education? What was his main occupation?

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When was “Utopia” published? What does this word mean?

When was “Utopia” published? What does this word mean?

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When was Sir Thomas More beheaded? Who ordered to execute him? Where was he executed?

When was Sir Thomas More beheaded? Who ordered to execute him? Where was

he executed?
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When was he made a saint?

When was he made a saint?

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Whу do people remember Sir Thomas More?

Whу do people remember Sir Thomas More?

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In my opinion, some of the ideas may seem to be

In my opinion, some of the ideas may seem to be

unrealistic, for example …
Some of them, such as …, look like strange.
Others are at least wrong, like ….
Nevertheless, I would like to agree with the idea of …
And, of course, some of them came true to life, for instance, the idea of …
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no separate social classes; no private property; the same type of

no separate social classes;
no private property;
the same type of clothing;
no jewellery

and finnery;
no leisured or idle classes;
7 – hours working day;
no forcing his opinions or religious beliefs;
choosing a marriage partner without somebody‘ insistance;
a divorce;
unskilled labour;
euthanasia;
division into mental and physical activities;
a superior elected from an educated class;
international trade;
modest pleasures, enjoyed by everyone
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What famous quotes by Sir Thomas More do you remember? “He

What famous quotes by Sir Thomas More do you remember?

“He travels

best that knows when to return.”
“Ask a woman's advice, and whatever she advises, do the very reverse and you're sure to be wise”
“One of the greatest problems of our time
is that many are schooled but few are educated”
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1478 Oxford University Latin, 1516 The Lord Chancellor Henry VIII`s divorce

1478
Oxford University
Latin, 1516
The Lord Chancellor
Henry VIII`s divorce
The Tower of London
To cut

off
1535
300 years after
1835
22 of July
Utopia
Philosophical treatises
Unskilled labour
Private property, jewellers, fineries
Compulsion, exploitation, social division
Modest pleasures
Hotly discussed and even struggled for
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Do you agree with these statements? Sir Thomas More was a

Do you agree with these statements?
Sir Thomas More was a

self-educated person.
Utopia is a fiction book.
Sir Thomas More couldn`t speak any language except Latin.
The word “Utopia” means “nowhere land” in Russian.
There were privileged classes in Utopia.
People couldn`t be banished from the island.
The king couldn`t be removed as a monarch.
There were no divorces.
No ideas of Sir Thomas More came true to life.
People paid no attention to the book “Utopia”.