1. The Illusion of Utopia
... (Mill), but they all helped prescribe and influence in part the modern-day socialistic utopian Sweden before it existed. Chapter II-General Political Failures No present society is perfect, however, not even the Sweden envisioned by humanists. Moreover, as the Athenian polis (a primary influence of enlightened thought, with its utopian philosophers) is no longer around, it could not have been perfect. A perfect state cannot fail ... be through the Messiah (savior). As early as Job, this hope was outlined, when Job proclaimed "I know that my redeemer lives."" This covenant of a messiah (...
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