Sir Thomas More created the word “utopia” and the genre of modern utopian literature. Significantly, he named his book Utopia which are two words fused together to mean “nowhere” to play off of the word eutopia which is the Greek word for “happy place.” Throughout the book this type of cleverness and wordplay prevails as More interweaves Christian and classical antiquity into the slippery text of Utopia to further his reforming efforts. The author More, a devout Catholic humanist who did not argue, but gave both sides of the debate and, therefore, indirectly pushes the reader towards political activism, called for the improvement of the flawed commonwealth of England with the mixed usage of utilitas and honestas.

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