"Utopia"

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This paper explores Thomas More's "Utopia," identifying the characteristics that he considered essential in order to obtain his vision of an ideal society. The paper also delves into the application and affect of More's Utopian society on the state of humanity at present. Given these analyses, the author of this paper posits that More's Utopia allowed humanity to realize its potential to achieve perfection. The paper shows how More's concept of Utopia enables humanity to transcend the limits and boundaries of life and the world that people live in, to create a purpose-driven life. This purposeful life, explains the paper, is the attainment of a state of perfection, i.e. the pursuit that seems infinite and impossible but is nonetheless instrumental in moving history and civilization forward.

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"What makes the concept of Utopia new and controversial during More's time is not so much about its nature of perfection, but rather, the introduction of the idea that humanity can go beyond its present state towards the establishment where social, intellectual, and cultural progress are achieved. Furthermore, the fact that progress and development can be achieved due to human society alone and not due to a metaphysical presence had introduced people to a new form of free or liberal thinking, where humanity is the sole determinant that motivated all civilizations that occurred throughout human history."

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