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The Garden Of Eden And The Republic By Sir Thomas More

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What Is a Utopia?
Humans have always been dreaming of communities possessing perfect/desireable qualities.Sir Thomas More used the term 'Utopia' (Which was first coined by him)for his book Utopia, to describe an ideal island society in the Atlantic Ocean.In Utopia, one size does not fit all. Each man can move to a place that gives him what he desires. One man might prefer to live in a billionaire’s mansion as a slave or servant. Another man might rather live in a dormitory or barracks and live in total freedom from subjugation, suppression and government.The word Utopia resembles both the Greek words "no place", "outopos", and "good place", "eutopos".Ideal communities free of war, unhappiness, and hunger such as Heaven, The Garden Of Eden and The Republic(Plato's Ideal World). However, can these perfect societies exist? .
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I have always dreamt of a perfect world. A world where the skys are always blue, and where there's no pollution. A world with no war, unhappiness, hunger,death or misfortune.One where everyone is accepting of each other. However... when I think of a 'perfect' world such as this one I'd realise that It would drive me completely insane.I believe that any person would be driven insane from a perfect anything. We were born into a world that is constantly improving;Not a perfect one. Perfection is impossible and I would not want it to exist.I believe that the world should be imperfect. That is my Ideal world. A world balanced with both good and bad; not a perfect

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