Utopia is an imaginary perfect place or state of ideal perfection as described in Sir Thomas More's book Utopia.
Earlier in his life More wrote a book describing an island where everyone and everything seemed in perfect harmony. Probably realising that no place can ever exist, he named the island "Utopis" derived from the Greek words 'ou' (not) and 'topos' (place), meaning 'nowhere'.
Sir Thomas More (1478-1535), was a lawyer who became Lord High Chancellor of England. He was arrested and beheaded because he refused to acknowledge Henry VIII as the sole head of the English church.
(c) October 2007. Tel. Leaves from my Musings. All rights reserved.
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