Thomas More UTOPIA





An imaginary island described in sir Thomas mores utopia (1516) as enjoying perfection in law, politics, etc. He essentially didn’t believe in change, he wanted to create an ideal place with no government control. The majority of the population would be in the city, which is the center followed by its surrounding countryside. It is based off a rectangular based plan similar to the roman urban planning. sir More knew what poor living conditions was like with no sunlight, bad hygiene and narrow streets. He was very generous when he was designing the ideal city. It had a lot of space, so much that you cannot walk to your closest neighbor’s house. It was 54 cities in total with no more than 6000 families per city. It is a place where there is a barrier between what is playful or serious, function and reality. It stretches utopia from all sides and also creates a thin line between the thought of experience and  dwells to live on. Thus utopia was more less a fantasy land which celebrated old fashioned ideal community or a futuristic world where machines do all the work. This ideal wasn’t only for the rich for once but also for the working class and peasants.






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