Difference between revisions of "Utopia"
From Conservapedia
(New page: A '''utopian''' future is one where the populace is happy, all the time, and their lives are filled with pleasure. == See Also == Dystopia, the flipside of Utopia [[Category: Literar...) |
PortlyMort (Talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| − | A '''utopian''' future is one where the populace is happy, all the time, and their lives are filled with pleasure. | + | A '''utopian''' future is one where the populace is happy, all the time, and their lives are filled with pleasure. The term comes from the book ''Utopia'' by [[Thomas More]], a work of fiction, originally in Latin, describing an island which purports to be an ideal society. Like [[Plato]]'s ''[[The Republic]]'', it actually describes a world far from ideal. The name "Utopia" means "nowhere." |
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
Revision as of 20:36, August 14, 2007
A utopian future is one where the populace is happy, all the time, and their lives are filled with pleasure. The term comes from the book Utopia by Thomas More, a work of fiction, originally in Latin, describing an island which purports to be an ideal society. Like Plato's The Republic, it actually describes a world far from ideal. The name "Utopia" means "nowhere."
See Also
Dystopia, the flipside of Utopia
