Utopia at Troynovant:
Hopes of Utopia in Power, or Dystopia;
listed by Title
Utopia is a name coined by Sir Thomas More from the Greek words meaning no place. Utopia lies in, or comprises, a region that we seem to be able to imagine quite interestingly; and see almost clearly; and certainly work toward; and reasonably for such happiness enact laws leading toward its construction; and even for such an ideal and final end control misguided doubters and dissenters; and finally —
We know that utopia and dystopia have more than subjective differences. Whether a society is good or bad, healthy or poisoned, lies not in rulers' proclamations or their fellow-travelers' praise. Hypothetical criteria for the best of societies should be analyzed; real social and individual consequences must be understood. Absolute and ideal societies, purified by decree and command, are in especial need of the brightest light of history. The Perfectibility of Man is a process, not a State. Odysseus knew the song the Sirens sing; and so do we.
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[The Archbishop's palace in York.]
Lord Bardolph:
For in a theme so bloody-faced as this,
Conjecture, expectation, and surmise
Of aids uncertain should not be admitted.
...... who lined himself with hope,
Eating the air on promise of supply,
Flatt'ring himself with project of a power
Much smaller than the smallest of his thoughts;
And so, with great imagination
Proper to madmen, led his powers to death,
And winking leapt into destruction.William Shakespeare
2 Henry IV, 1.3.22-24, 28-33
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