The Story of Utopias · Character
François Rabelais
French Renaissance writer whose Abbey of Thélème is a utopian satire.
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Also known as Rabelais
First appearance: the story of utopias
François Rabelais shows up with force in The Two Utopias: Escape and Reconstruction. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted as 'Anatole France' to assert that without Utopians, men would still live in caves, and that utopia is the principle of all progress.
François Rabelais first appears in 0003 the story of utopias.
In The Two Utopias: Escape and Reconstruction: Quoted as 'Anatole France' to assert that without Utopians, men would still live in caves, and that utopia is the principle of all progress.
Later, in I: Referenced indirectly through the mention of Giphantia and the 'Babylonian' mode of life, though not by name.
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