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Which earlier work by Plato influenced Thomas More’s Utopia?
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Sir Thomas More, oil on panel by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1527; in the Frick Collection, New York City.
Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) was significantly influenced by Plato’s Republic.12
More’s work is often described as a parodic rewrite of Plato’s classic text, which served as a foundational model for the genre of utopian literature. Like The Republic, which depicts an austere society where a "guardian" class shares material goods, spouses, and children, More’s Utopia explores themes of communal ownership and the abolition of private property as a means to address societal failings such as pride, envy, and greed.123