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 bustling port city of Anemolia, a land of many faiths, a young priest named Elio questioned the very nature of his community. He saw gold-trimmed temples rise beside crumbling almshouses. He preached tolerance, yet watched as wealthy merchants, citing divine favor for their success, turned away the hungry. The city’s laws protected private property above all, allowing a man to starve next to a full granary he did not own. Elio wondered if this division of ‘mine’ and ‘thine’ was not just an economic rule, but a flaw in the human soul that corrupted even piety. True religious fellowship, he feared, was impossible in a world where need was met with locked doors.
B2 · 128 wordsavg 25.6 w/s
Thomas More’s 'Utopia' presents religious tolerance as a societal cornerstone, yet this very theme interrogates the compatibility of such idealism with human nature under a regime of private property. In Utopia, diverse faiths coexist peacefully, a harmony predicated on communal ownership that ostensibly removes the material competition which often fuels sectarian strife. However, the character of Hythloday’s narrative implicitly questions whether this utopian tolerance is a natural outgrowth of collective life or a fragile construct necessitated by abolishing private wealth. The text suggests that the instinct to possess—to claim something as exclusively one’s own—may be a profound driver of conflict, corrupting not only social justice but also spiritual fellowship. Thus, Utopia’s religious peace appears less a celebration of inherent human virtue and more a testament to the radical restructuring required to suppress our baser, acquisitive instincts, posing a poignant challenge to the reader’s own world. 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.
C1 · 170 wordsavg 34.0 w/s
3Vocabulary· 핵심 어휘 & 연습
society
사회
Hythloday argued that no society could be truly just.
just
정의로운
He dreamed of a just world without poverty.
inequality
불평등
Private property leads to great inequality.
suffering
고통
The suffering of the poor was ignored.
desperately
필사적으로, 절실히
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.