The Value Of Life In Thomas More's Utopia

The city pattern and the concept of good human life remind us Thomas More’s Utopia where the ideal society is shown based on humanist ideals. The famous bronze woman figure from Mohenjo-daro reflects the dignity and self confidence of the women in the society. The deep faith on the ability of ‘human’ as the measure of all things, is visible in the figure of ‘a bearded man’ recovered from the valley excavation.

The Indus population, particularly of the cities was a cosmopolitan one. It included Mediterraneans, proto-Australoids, Alpines and Mongloids. In keeping with such a mixed population, there was a tremendous sense of unity .Because without unity, such a huge development and prosperity would never have been possible. This very feature of

In the extensive literature of the Upanishads, the Indian mind showed its first awareness of the problems of the nature and destiny of man. The question of the meaning and goal of life, the presence or utility of value in life came to the forefront. There was always a wholehearted progress in idealizing the concept of Atma’ or ‘Brahman’ until it reaches very close or rather becomes unified with the common human lives on this real earth. So, the Vedic period itself was a broad field of experiment over ‘Humanism’. It was, as if, an inevitable evolution of humanism on the way of knowing ‘Atman’ or ‘Brahman’ concluding that, ‘serving human is serving the God’. The ‘Upanishads’ are revelation of the subtlest essence of our being, which lies far deeper than the level of the common animal man. The pure self is one in all and is identical with the highest reality of the universe. The Upanishads thus, set the target for the human to be blessed, to be enlightened and to be good. The writers of the Upanishads were not bound by the rules of castes, but extended the law of spiritual universalism to the utmost bounds of human existence through sacrifice, abandonment of one’s ego and prayer, the exploration of reality by pure consciousness. We can take the example of Satyakama Jabala who, though unable to say his father’s name, was yet initiated into spiritual life. It shows that the writers of the Upanishads wanted to get rid of the rigid ordinances of caste, custom or class and signatured those divine and spiritual laws which are not of today or of yesterday but for