| − | '''Utopia''' is a fictional society considered perfect by its proponent, but whose implementation in reality is unrealistic. The term, [[Greek]] in origin, was first used by [[Thomas More]], for his 1516 eponymous book, which describes a fictional state whose laws and organization are purportedly ideal. However, More's intent was, at least in part, ironical, as some ambiguities in the text clearly show: the word "utopia" can mean both "good place" or "place that doesn't exist", and the narrator's last name, Hythlodaeus, literally means "purveyor of nonsense". | + | '''Utopia''' is a fictional society considered perfect by its proponent, but whose implementation in reality is unrealistic. The term, [[Greek]] in origin, was first used by [[Thomas More]], for his 1516 eponymous book, which describes a fictional state whose laws and organization are purportedly ideal. However, More's intent was, at least in part, ironical, as some ambiguities in the text clearly show: the word "utopia" can mean both "good place" or "place that doesn't exist", and the narrator's last name, Hythlodaeus, literally means "purveyor of nonsense." |