More coined the word "utopia" – a name he gave to the ideal and imaginary island nation, the political system of which he described in Utopia, published in 1516.
Utopia: something like Marxism ?
21 posted on 01/22/2013 2:39:51 PM PST by Uri’el-2012
(Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your teaching is my delight.)
The book does indeed describe a land governed by crazy socialistic principles. And the character whom Thomas Moore uses to speak about Utopia is called Raphael Hythlodaeus.
Hythlodaeus means 'dispenser of nonsense'.
More was writing a satire of empty-headed thought - and of course the self-styled 'utopian socialists' brought it hook, line and sinker.
27 posted on 01/22/2013 3:08:09 PM PST by agere_contra
(I once saw a movie where only the police and military had guns. It was called 'Schindler's List'.)