Tuesday, 12 April 2011

Exploring the Definition of Utopia

'In 1516 Sir Thomas More wrote the first 'Utopia'. He coined the word 'utopia' from the Greek ou-topos meaning 'no place' or 'nowhere'. But this was a pun - the almost identical Greek word eu-topos means a good place. So at the very heart of the word is a vital question: can a perfect world ever be realised?'

http://www.bl.uk/learning/histcitizen/21cc/utopia/utopia.html

Ideas of the perfect image have been explored through out history. For century's the perfect society has been sought after. This has been represented in classical and biblical literature.



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