... to history, combined with the human desire to create or recreate an ideal society [Nat14]. Many agree that there once existed a perfect world with perfect people, but they argue the fact that it is now just an ancient place never to be seen again. So one may ask ... utopian atmosphere in Eden can do it again for this current generation. In Thomas More's writings he paints a vivid picture of the first perfect society which was called the Garden of Eden. More's imagination about this society and the inhabitants of this civilization is supported by an Old ... of one man and woman, sin had be...

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... to history, combined with the human desire to create or recreate an ideal society [Nat14]. Many agree that there once existed a perfect world with perfect people, but they argue the fact that it is now just an ancient place never to be seen again. So one may ask ... utopian atmosphere in Eden can do it again for this current generation. In Thomas More writings he paints a vivid picture of the first perfect society which was called the Garden of Eden. More's imagination about this society and the inhabitants of this civilization is supported by an Old ... of one man and woman, sin had beco...

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... of society in general wasn't necessary. He believed that society was at its optimum and you can only improve upon the existing one. Plato's perfect society would consist of three basic groups, which are Guardians (Gold), Auxiliaries (Silver), and the Artisan (Bronze). The highest of these classes are ... no human being can achieve its rudimentary requirements. He decided to express in the "Republic" how men should conduct it self in a perfect society and what attitude they should posses. In retrospect, Aristotle felt by using real world experience along with real people, he can ... soci...

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... religion, community life and even paved the way for communism. And he did all of this through one simple book about one simple society. In a perfect utopian society, there is no official religion. The people are allowed freedom of belief. "Some worship for god the sun, some the moon, some ... in case of crop failure and then sold the rest to foreigners. This is one of More's better ideas, but would it work? In a perfect society, of course! There would be no worrying about the crops or back up supply going bad once stored. In a Utopian society these events would ... classes and by common...

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... has placed great emphasis on technological change. The Savage society teaches us that pre-industrial values may have as much to offer us as modern technological society does, and possibly more. The so-called Savage society is far more realistic, and shows stronger personal values than the more ... 1946. During this time, socialism and dictatorships were the concepts of the day. These governments believed that having total power would engender a perfect society. Many of the ideas that these governments thought would contribute to its success were the cause of its failure. Although techno...

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... that so long ago have reasoned and imagine political theories that are still in use today. Plato and Aristotle are considered to be "Founding Fathers" of modern political theories. I armed myself with Hacker Andrew's Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science: New York: Macmillan, 1961 and took a stroll down the " ... their individual lifetimes. It is necessary to look at several areas of each theory to seek the difference in each. The main focus of Plato is a perfect society. He creates a blueprint for a utopian society, in his book The Republic, out of his dislike for the tension ...

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... audience in an indirect way so that they will except his reform on contemporary issues facing 16th century England. Sir Thomas More created the word "utopia" and the genre of modern utopian literature. Significantly, he named his book Utopia which are two words fused together to mean "nowhere" to play off of the word eutopia which is the Greek word for ... contrast and advance the dialogue. The persona More's comments seem to be introduced simply to move Hythloday's argument along. He is a benign opponent, who offers objections that give Hythloday the perfect opportunities to move on to...

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