Utopia (fully titled De Optimo Reipublicae Statu deque Nova Insula Utopia, or On the Best State of a Commonwealth and on the New Island of Utopia) is a foundational work of philosophy, socio-political satire, and fiction written in Latin by Sir Thomas More and published in 1516. The book is divided into two distinct parts: Book I, a sharp critique of contemporary European socio-economic and pol…