Catholic Word of the Day: UTOPIA, 02-24-15

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UTOPIA

 

Any imaginary state whose inhabitants live under perfect circumstances; ideal commonwealths described by Plato, Bacon, and St. Thomas More in his book Utopia; in an invidious sense, any visionary reform without consideration of man's human weaknesses and defects.

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[Salvation]

In your dreams.......

[Redbob]

A small town in Bandera County, Texas...

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[9thLife]

Obama’s 57th state.

[Salvation]

LOL! Could be!

[Grateful2God]

I never got through More’s “Utopia;” it was kind of over my head and I don’t know social studies well enough. If you have a smartphone or i phone, you can get the amazon kindle app for free. More’s “Dialogue of comfort in tribulation”, a freebie, has been a great help to me in my life, and can be digested a little at a time...