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A Man For All Season: The Controversial Life Of Sir Thomas More

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A Man for All Season is a play and movie that deals with the controversial life of Sir Thomas More. More was a distinguished English lawyer, philosopher, a noted Renaissance humanist. He also became Henry VIII’s Councillor, and Lord High Chancellor of England from October 1529 to 16 May 1532. Thomas More resigned from his position as Chancellor after he decided to stay silent about Henry VIII’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon. More kept silent because he did not want to disrespect his King by disagreeing with him, but at the same time, he did not want to betray his own conscience. A few years before Thomas More made his impact on England, an ancient Greek philosopher named Plato generated all the buzz. A student of Socrates and a teacher
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