The City of the Sun by Tommaso Campanella
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"The City of the Sun" by Tommaso Campanella is a philosophical work written in 1602. Presented as a dialogue between a Knight Hospitaller and a sea captain, it describes an idealistic society built on a hill and protected by seven walls. In this community, goods, women, and children are held in common, work is shared equally, and citizens live according to strict rules guided by astrology and natural religion. The work explores
radical ideas about collective living and social organization. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Campanella, Tommaso, 1568-1639 |
|---|---|
| Title | The City of the Sun |
| Note | Translation of: Civitas Solis. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_City_of_the_Sun |
| Credits | Produced by An Anonymous Volunteer, and David Widger |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | HX: Social sciences: Socialism, Communism, Anarchism |
| Subject | Utopias -- Early works to 1800 |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 2816 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-02816-3 |
| Release Date | Sep 1, 2001 |
| Last Update | Jan 31, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1371 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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