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Full Idea
Everyone in Utopia agrees that the Supreme Being (which they call Mythras) is identical with Nature.
Gist of Idea
In Utopia, the Supreme Being is identical with Nature
Source
Thomas More (Utopia [1516], Bk 2)
Book Ref
More,Thomas: 'Utopia', ed/tr. Turner,Paul [Penguin 1965], p.118
A Reaction
This sounds remarkably like full-blown Spinozean pantheism, though it should be interpreted with caution. It certainly seems to show that pantheism was a possibility in the minds of late medieval religious thinkers.
| 7253 | In Utopia, legal euthanasia is considered honourable [More,T] |
| 7256 | In Utopia, the Supreme Being is identical with Nature [More,T] |
| 7257 | All modern social systems seem to be conspiracies of the rich [More,T] |
| 7254 | If you try to get elected, you should be permanently barred from seeking office [More,T] |
| 7255 | Only Utopians fail to see glory in warfare [More,T] |