Utopia : Or, the Happy Republic ; a Philosophical Romance
The book Utopia : Or, the Happy Republic ; a Philosophical Romance was written by author More, Thomas, Sir, Saint, 1478-1535 Here you can read free online of Utopia : Or, the Happy Republic ; a Philosophical Romance book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Utopia : Or, the Happy Republic ; a Philosophical Romance a good or bad book?
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9^ which men, by a foollfh tho' common miflake, call plea- fure, as if they could change the nature of things, aj well as the ufe of words, as things that not only do not advance our happinefs, but do rather obflru<5t it very much, becaufe they do fo intirely pofTefs the minds of thofe that once go into them, with a falfe notion of pleafure, that there is no room left for truer and purer pleafures.
There are many things that in themfelves have no- thing that is truly delighting: On the contrary, they have a good deal of bitternefs in them ; and yet by our perverfe appetites after forbidden objeiis, are not only ranked among the pleafures, but are made even the greateft defigns of life. Among thofe who purfue thefc fophifticated pleafures, they reckon thofe whom I men- tioned before, who think themfelves really the better for having fine clothes : in which they think they are doubly miftaken, both in the opinion that they have of their clothes, and in the opinion that they have of themfelves ; for if you confider the ufe of clothes, why fhould a fine thread be thought better than a coarfe one?
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