!) Thomas More Flashcards
‘false flatterers…
puff up a man in pride’ (Dialogue)
‘flattery shall have…
more place than plain and faithful advice’ (Richard III)
‘They endorse and…
flatter the most absurd statements’ (Utopia)
Anemolian ambassadors; ‘full of
gold and chains’ (Utopia)
‘That takes its…
cue… adapts itself to the drama in hand and acts its part neatly’ (Utopia)
‘these matters be…
kings games, as it were, stage plays, and for the most part played upon scaffolds’ (Richard III)
‘they disorder the play…
and do themselves no good’ (Richard III)
What is significant about the crowd when Richard III is portrayed as initially refusing and then later accepting the crown?
They have been stage managed
‘but what if he…
call it a horn, where am I then?’ (Richard III)
‘Forsooth, Cousin…
he played his part very properly’ (Dialogue) - a flatterer, unable to surpass his predecessors obsequiousness, pretends to be overcome by emotion
Which work by Erasmus helps explain the pun on the name of the character More?
Erasmus, Moriae Encomium (1511) [in praise of folly]
‘yet sometimes…
a rather clever thing came out’ (Utopia - Hythloday describing the fool at Cardinal Morton’s court)
What Latin word is the fool in Utopia described as and what Greek word does this pun on?
Morio (Latin for fool); μοριν (Greek for councillor)
‘I never saw…
a fool yet that thought himself other than wise!… if a fool perceive himself a fool, that point is no folly but a little spark of wit’ (Dialogue)
How does Anthony describe himself through the Dialogue of Comfort against Tribulation?
‘old fool’
‘thieves bring thither…
their stolen goods and there live thereon’ (Richard III)
How does the Queen Mother refer to Buckingham’s arguments on sanctuary?
‘goodly gloss’, ‘a trifling pretext’
How does the Cardinal interrupt the young lawyer and his incomprehensibly formulaic arguments?
‘hold your tongue… for you won’t be finished in a few words’ (Utopia)
‘The public would not…
be any better off if I bartered my peace of mind for some ruler’s convenience’ (Utopia)
‘There is no place…
for philosophy in the council of kings’ (Utopia)
‘the difference is only…
a matter of one syllable’ (Utopia) [Service vs Servitude]
‘while I try to cure…
others of madness, I’ll be raving along with them myself’ (Utopia)
‘scattering our minds… about…
so many trifling things’ (Dialogue)
‘Withdraw… [from]…
all worldly fantasies’ (Dialogue)
‘Set it in the garden…
of our soul, all weeds being pulled out’ (Dialogue)
‘outward teachers…
suitable for every time’ (Dialogue)
Thomas More hoped that Utopia would be…
‘useful and enjoyable’, ‘intended for their [his readers’] advantage’ (Utopia)
How many examples of Litotes is there in Utopia?
over 140
What structural technique does More use to induce moral contemplation?
dialogue
Which river in Utopia is strikingly similar to the Thames?
Anyder
How many cities are there in Utopia (same number as English and Welsh counties)?
54
Which distinctly metropolitan professions does More ironically mock?
‘a nobleman, a goldsmith, a banker’ (see also his position on Lawyers)
What was the name of More’s humanist circle of greek enthusiasts?
Graecistes
Who were the members of the Graecistes?
Erasmus, Thomas More, John Colet, Thomas Linacre and others
‘his sailing has been…
like that… of Plato’ (Utopia)
‘studied Greek more…
than Latin because his main interest is philosophy’ (Utopia)
What is the Utopian position on property?
nothing ‘private or exclusive’
Which marginal gloss connects Utopia to Plato?
‘smacks of Plato’s community’
‘serpent… that twines…
itself around the hearts of men’ (Richard III)
‘that infernal serpent…
that creeps into the breasts of mortals’ (Utopia)
‘prides, that plague…
of human nature, that source of so much misery’ (Utopia)
‘the devil’s arrow…
of pride’ (Dialogue)
Which book did Thomas More give lectures on early in his career?
St Augustine, De Civitate Dei
What event does the later chapters of the Dialogue compare to hell?
Invasion of Hungary by the Turks (1526)
Where, in the Dialogue, is hell?
‘toward the centre of the earth’
What will happen to man’s body on the day of judgement (according to the Dialogue)?
his body will be ‘driven down deep’
