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"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at." --[[Oscar Wilde]] | |||
'''Utopia''' is the name of a fictional society created by [[Thomas More|Sir Thomas More]] as a [[satire]] on his own, European, society; by extension, it has come to represent all ideal societies, real or imagined. There have been many fictional utopias created before and after More's 1516 book; it can safely stated that there has never been a true utopia in the real world. | '''Utopia''' is the name of a fictional society created by [[Thomas More|Sir Thomas More]] as a [[satire]] on his own, European, society; by extension, it has come to represent all ideal societies, real or imagined. There have been many fictional utopias created before and after More's 1516 book; it can safely stated that there has never been a true utopia in the real world. | ||
Revision as of 17:42, 24 February 2010
"A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at." --Oscar Wilde
Utopia is the name of a fictional society created by Sir Thomas More as a satire on his own, European, society; by extension, it has come to represent all ideal societies, real or imagined. There have been many fictional utopias created before and after More's 1516 book; it can safely stated that there has never been a true utopia in the real world.