What are Sir Thomas More’s main contributions in the development of English?

Sir Thomas More’s main contributions are:

1. More opposes vigorously the old conceptions and traditions and accepted order of society.

2. He makes fun of scholastic philosophy, asserts the superiority of Greek over Latin, and advocates the study of Plato, Aristotle and Plutarch.

3. He is opposed to the spirit of chivalry with its emphasis on war and the glorification or warriors. He advocates humanitarian ideals, hates war and calls soldiers “men-slayers”^;

4. He is the first of the modern socialists.

5. He opposes the medieval ideal of asceticism and makes healthy enjoyment the end of human life.

6. He advocated religious toleration.