More argued that private property caused most injustice.
Day 3 · 목표 ⭐
Hythloday argued that no society could be truly just as long as private property existed, because inequality and suffering were structurally inevitable whenever some owned what others desperately needed.
2Reading· 오늘의 본문
We · Yevgeny Zamyatin · 1924
In the island nation of Utopia, Raphael Hythloday described a society free from the troubles of private property. There, all goods were stored in common warehouses, and people took only what they needed. No one owned land or grand houses, so there was no envy or greed. Work was shared, and everyone contributed to the community. Because no one could hoard wealth, there were no rich or poor. Hythloday believed this system created true justice and happiness. The Utopians lived simply, valuing time for learning and leisure over the endless pursuit of possessions that, in his view, poisoned other societies.
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Thomas More's 'Utopia' presents a radical thought experiment through the traveler Raphael Hythloday, who critiques the foundational social ill of private ownership. The Utopian alternative is a meticulously structured commonwealth where property is collectively held. This abolishes the very possibility of economic stratification; without private wealth, social status derives solely from contribution and virtue. The narrative argues that the relentless accumulation inherent to private property structurally generates inequality, as it allows the few to control resources the many desperately need. Utopia's ideal structure, therefore, is not merely an economic model but a philosophical rebuttal to the notion that justice can coexist with vast disparities in ownership. It posits that true social harmony is unattainable whenever the means of life are commodities to be owned, rather than common rights. What makes Utopia endure as a work of literature is precisely this refusal to offer easy consolation — it demands that readers sit with the discomfort of a world that does not resolve neatly, and find their own position within it.
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3Vocabulary· 핵심 어휘 & 연습
society
사회
Hythloday argued that no society could be truly just.
just
정의로운
He dreamed of a perfectly just world.
inequality
불평등
Private property leads to great inequality.
suffering
고통
The suffering of the poor moved him.
desperately
절실히, 필사적으로
They desperately needed food and shelter.
Activity 1 · 빈칸 채우기5 questions
1. Every hour of D-503's life was carefully ____ by the Table of Hours.
2. The ____ of privacy did not exist in the One State.
3. Individual names were ____ and replaced with numbers.
4. The glass walls guaranteed there was no ____ for citizens.
5. The State was ____ declared to represent perfect happiness.