Utopia

(noun.) an imaginary place considered to be perfect or ideal.

(noun.) a work of fiction describing a utopia.

(noun.) a book written by Sir Thomas More (1516) describing the perfect society on an imaginary island.

(noun.) ideally perfect state; especially in its social and political and moral aspects.

手打:谢莉

• Their minds construct a utopia--one in which all judgments are based on logical inference from syllogisms built on the law of mathematical probabilities. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• And 'the secret has perished' with him; to this day the place of Utopia remains unknown. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• There are intimations of it even as early as More's _Utopia_ (1516). 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• In England Sir Thomas More produced a quaint imitation of Plato's _Republic_ in his _Utopia_, setting out a sort of autocratic communism. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The 'Utopia' of Sir Thomas More is a surprising monument of his genius, and shows a reach of thought far beyond his contemporaries. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Though not all of them would accept the name, these reformers are simply utopia-makers in action. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• But it has little or no charm of style, and falls very far short of the 'New Atlantis' of Bacon, and still more of the 'Utopia' of Sir Thomas More. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Such a speculation, can, at worst, be regarded but as a new Utopia, less amusing, certainly, but no more useless and chimerical than the old one. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In our own age even Utopias affect the spirit of legislation, and an abstract idea may exercise a great influence on practical politics. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Like all utopias, it cannot succeed, but it may point the way to success. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• There were no more Utopias. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• That is the great lesson which the utopias teach by their failure--that schemes, however nicely arranged, cannot be imposed upon human beings who are interested in other things. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

整理:斯特拉